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Safety in Union

Representative Text

1 Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep,
To Thee for help we fly;
Thy little flock in safety keep,
For O, the wolf is nigh!

2 He comes, of hellish malice full,
To scatter, tear, and slay;
He seizes every struggling soul
As his own lawful prey.

3 Us into Thy protection take,
And gather with Thine arm;
Unless the fold we first forsake,
The wolf can never harm.

4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power
While by our Shepherd's side;
The sheep he never can devour
Unless he first divide.

5 O do not suffer him to part
The souls that here agree;
But make us of one mind and heart,
And keep us one in Thee.

6 Together let us sweetly live,
Together let us die,
And each a starry crown receive,
And reign above the sky.

Amen.

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #312

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Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep
Title: Safety in Union
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Jesu, Shepherd of the sheep, Thou Thy flock, &c. W. Hammond. [The Good Shepherd.] First published in his Psalms, Hymns & Sacred Songs, 1745, p. 78, in 11 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "Christ the Shepherd." In 1783 R. Hill gave 8 stanzas in his Psalms & Hymns, as No. 49, beginning:—

"Jesus, Shepherd of the sheep,
Gracious is Thine arm to keep."

This was repeated in later collections. In Cotterill's Psalms & Hymns, 1810-1819, another arrangement from Hammond as:—

“Jesus, Shepherd of the sheep,
owerful is Thine arm to keep."

This is usually confounded with R. Hill's arrangement of Hammond's text. It is, however, a distinct cento.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Tune

MELODY (55421)


MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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EVAN (Havergal)

This tune [EVAN], "the popularity of which in Scotland, America, and the Colonies is quite unprecedented" (Tonic Sol Fa Reporter, May 15, 1870), consists of the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 8th strains of "O Thou dread Power" a sacred song by the Rev. W.H. Havergal, the melody being unaltered. EVAN II is the…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10884
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Instances

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Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #61

Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #61

Songs of Life #d43

Songs of Life #d43
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Songs of the Soul No. 2 #89

Songs of the Soul No. 2 #89
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Songs of the Soul #89

Songs of the Soul #89

Sunday School Hymn Book #d206

Sunday School Hymn Book #d206

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #495

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #495

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d208

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d208
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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #465

The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #465

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d353

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d353

The Association Hymn Book #d54

The Association Hymn Book #d54
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The Brethren Hymnal #264

The Brethren Hymnal #264
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The Centenary Singer #210

The Centenary Singer #210

The Christian Melodist, a Collection of Popular Songs, for Use in Public and Social Meetings ... #d181

The Christian Melodist, a Collection of Popular Songs, for Use in Public and Social Meetings ... #d181

The Christian Psalmist #d350

The Christian Psalmist #d350

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d202

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d202

The Church Hymn Book #d484

The Church Hymn Book #d484
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The Cyber Hymnal #10884

The Cyber Hymnal #10884
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The Heart and Voice #189b

The Heart and Voice #189b
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #1014

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #1014
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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #246

The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #246
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The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #174

The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #174
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The Melodeon #66

The Melodeon #66
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The Methodist Harmonist, containing a collection of tunes from the best authors, embracing every variety of metre, and adapted to the worship of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New ed. #9.393

The Methodist Harmonist, containing a collection of tunes from the best authors, embracing every variety of metre, and adapted to the worship of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New ed. #9.393

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d125

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d125

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d128

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d128
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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CXCIX

The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CXCIX
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The New Hymn Book #311

The New Hymn Book #311
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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.152

The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.152

The Sacred Lyre #d142

The Sacred Lyre #d142
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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #760

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #760

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #373

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #373
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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #206

The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #206
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The Tribute of Praise #206

The Tribute of Praise #206
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The Tribute of Praise #206

The Tribute of Praise #206
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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #551

The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #551

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