Our Shepherd Leads with Gentle Hand

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Yes, our Shepherd leads with gentle hand

Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher; Translator: Jane L. Borthwick
Published in 18 hymnals

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1 Yes, our Shepherd leads with gentle hand,
Thro' the dark pilgrim-land,
His flock so dearly bought,
So long and fondly sought:
Hallelujah!

2 When in clouds and mists the weak ones stray,
He shows again the way,
And points to them afar,
A bright and guiding star:
Hallelujah!

3 Tenderly he watches from on high,
With an unwearied eye;
He comforts and sustains,
In all their fears and pains:
Hallelujah!

4 Yes, his little flock is ne'er forget,
His mercy changes not;
Our home is safe above,
Within his arms of love:
Hallelujah!

Source: The Little Minstrel: a collection of songs and music, with lessons of instruction, mathematically arranged plan of notation #103

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Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher

Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf, was a native of Tecklenburg, Westphalia, where his father, Friedrich Jacob Krummacher was Burgomaster and Hoffiscal. He was baptized there, July 22, 1767, and apparently born July 13, 1767. In 1786 he entered the University of Lingen (since 1819 ranked as a Gymnasium), and in 1787 that of Halle. After concluding his theological studies in 1789, he was for some time tutor in the family of Senator Meyer in Bremen; was then appointed, in 1790, Conrector of the Gymnasium at Hamm, and in 1793 Rector of the Gymnasium at Mors (Meurs), near Düsseldorf. In the end of 1800 he became Professor of Theology and Eloquence at the Reformed University of Duisburg. When, after the battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806), Duisburg was tak… Go to person page >

Translator: Jane L. Borthwick

Miss Jane Borthwick, the translator of this hymn and many others, is of Scottish family. Her sister (Mrs. Eric Findlater) and herself edited "Hymns from the Land of Luther" (1854). She also wrote "Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (1859), and has contributed numerous poetical pieces to the "Family Treasury," under the signature "H.L.L." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Yes, our Shepherd leads with gentle hand
Title:	Our Shepherd Leads with Gentle Hand
Original Language:	German
Author:	Friedrich Adolph Krummacher
Translator:	Jane L. Borthwick
Meter:	Ja fürwahr! uns führt mit sanften Hand
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain