C. Wesley

C.M.

JESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep,

To Thee for help we fly:

Thy little flock in safety keep,

For, oh! the wolf is nigh;

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He comes, of hellish malice full,

To scatter, tear, and slay;

He seizes every straggling soul,

As his own lawful prey.

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Us into Thy protection take,

And gather with Thy arm;

Unless the fold we first forsake,

The wolf can never harm.

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We laugh to scorn his cruel power,

While by our Shepherd’s side;

The sheep he never can devour,

Unless he first divide.

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Oh do not suffer him to part

The souls that here agree:

But make us of one mind and heart,

And keep us one in Thee!

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Together let us sweetly live,

Together let us die;

And each a starry crown receive,

And reign above the sky.