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676.

[The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave]

After I am risen again, I will go before, &c. —xxvi. 32.

The sheep their faithful Shepherd leave,
His life He doth a ransom give,
To bring the wanderers back;
And whom He makes His tenderest care
And whom He in His arms doth bear
He never will forsake.
Before us still, great Shepherd, go,
Cause every sheep Thy voice to know,
And risen from the dead
Thy feeble, scatter'd followers raise,
And cheer'd and fortified by grace
To life eternal lead.