The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6303

6303. Shepherd, Show Me How to Go

1. Shepherd, show me how to go
O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow,
How to feed Thy sheep.
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.

2. Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast,
Make self righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Laboring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou knowest Thine own.

3. So, when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms.
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ’ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.

Text Information

• First Line: Shepherd, show me how to go
• Title: Shepherd, Show Me How to Go
• Author: Mary B. Eddy (1887)
• Meter: 75.75 D
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GUIDANCE
• Composer: Lyman Foster Brackett (1887)
• Meter: 75.75 D
• Incipit: 12363 65171 65354
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain