One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow] |
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[Tell to us, tell, O, Church of God] |
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[Tell to us, tell, O, Church of God]
“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil.”
Tell to us, tell, O, Church of God,
Where is thy faithful Shepherd gone?
Green pastures of His foot untrod;
Still waters all unsmiled upon.
Where is thy faithful Shepherd gone?
Green pastures of His foot untrod;
Still waters all unsmiled upon.
“My Shepherd is a great King's heir,
With whom He bides in bliss untold,
And for His flock makes ready there,
The safe, the everlasting fold.
With whom He bides in bliss untold,
And for His flock makes ready there,
The safe, the everlasting fold.
“Thence doth He watch whom He did choose;
He counts the flock, and knoweth them all;
His sheep and lambs He will not lose,
And one by one He doth them call.
He counts the flock, and knoweth them all;
His sheep and lambs He will not lose,
And one by one He doth them call.
“There is a valley they must tread,
Where lieth the shadow of a sleep,
Dark is the shadow; but they dread
No evil, He their steps will keep.
Where lieth the shadow of a sleep,
Dark is the shadow; but they dread
No evil, He their steps will keep.
“It is the great way home to Him,
The golden gates He entered so.
Hark, hark! I hear in darkness dim
The songs of them that down it go.
The golden gates He entered so.
Hark, hark! I hear in darkness dim
The songs of them that down it go.
“Thou, O good Shepherd, art my stay,
I will not fear the gloom to see,
For death, since Thou hast pass'd this way,
Is but the shadow of death to me.”
I will not fear the gloom to see,
For death, since Thou hast pass'd this way,
Is but the shadow of death to me.”
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