Loving Shepherd of the 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.
Thou O God, my heart inflame,
Give that love which Thou dost claim;
Payment I will ask but none;
Love demands but love alone.
Jesus, Lord, be Thou mine own;
Thee I long for, Thee alone;
All my-self I give to Thee;
Do what e'er Thou wilt with me.
Loving Shepherd ever near,
Teach me still Thy voice to hear.
Suffer not my step to stray
From the straight 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.