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Text: | Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us |
Tune: | BRADBURY |
Composer: | William Batchelder Bradbury |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Savior, like a shepherd lead us;
much we need your tender care.
In your pleasant pastures feed us;
for our use your fold prepare.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
you have bought us: we are yours.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
you have bought us: we are yours.
2 We are yours: in love befriend us;
be the guardian of our way.
Keep your flock: from sin defend us;
seek us when we go astray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
hear your children when we pray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
hear your children when we pray.
3 You have promised to receive us,
poor and sinful though we be;
you have mercy to relieve us,
grace to cleanse, and power to free.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
early let us turn to you.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
early let us turn to you.
4 Early let us seek your favor;
early let us do your will.
Blessed Lord and only Savior,
with your love our spirits fill.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
you have loved us; love us still.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
you have loved us; love us still.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Savior, like a shepherd lead us |
Title: | Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year: Transfiguration; Guidance(4 more...) |
Source: | Thrupp’s Hymns for the Young, 1836, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BRADBURY |
Composer: | William Batchelder Bradbury (1859, alt.) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D |
Key: | D Major |
This unattributed hymn, like many that are now meaningful to adults, was written for children and develops shepherd imagery from Psalm 23 and John 10:1–18. The tune, composed for these words, was originally named for the text but has come to be known by the composer’s name.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |