Scripture Verse

I am the good shepherd. John 10:11

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The New Shin­ing Star, by Theo­dore E. Per­kins (New York: F. J. Hunt­ing­ton, 1864).

Music: Pe­rez Syl­ves­ter Main (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Main (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus is our shep­herd,
On His faith­ful breast
Safe from ev­ery dang­er,
We His flock may rest;
By the cool­ing stream­let,
In the val­ley fair,
He will gent­ly lead us,
By His ten­der care.

Jesus is our shep­herd,
In the dewy mead,
And the ver­dant mea­dow
He His flock will feed;
He will ne’er de­sert us,
To the tempt­er’s pow­er,
He will kind­ly cheer us
In the dark­est hour.

Jesus is our shep­herd,
He the liv­ing way,
From His fold of mer­cy
May we ne­ver stray;
When our hearts are way­ward,
When our steps would rove,
Bind us, gen­tle Shep­herd,
With Thy chain of love.