44. Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep

Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep

Keep me, Lord in safety keep;

Nothing can Thy pow'r withstand,

None can pluck me from Thy Hand.

Loving Shepherd, Thou didst give

Thine own life that I might live;

May I love Thee day by day,

Gladly Thy sweet Will obey.

Loving Shepherd, ever near,

Teach me still Thy voice to hear;

Suffer not my step to stray

From the strait and narrow way.

Where Thou leadest may I go,

Walking in Thy steps below;

Then before Thy Father's throne,

Jesus, claim me for Thine own.