EN 1992 O Shepherd of the Sheep
Prov.10.7
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O Shepherd of the sheep,
High Priest of things to come,
Who didst in grace Thy servant keep,
And take him safely home;
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Accept our song of praise
For all his holy care,
His zeal unquenched through length of days,
The trials that he bare.
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Chief of Thy faithful band,
He held himself the least,
Though Thy dread keys were in his hand,
O everlasting Priest.
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So, trusting in Thy might,
He won a fair renown;
So, waxing valiant in the fight,
He trod the lion down.
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Then rendered up to Thee
The charge Thy love had given,
And passed away Thy face to see
Revealed in highest Heav’n.
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On all our bishops pour
The Spirit of Thy grace;
That, as he won the palm of yore,
So they may run their race.
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That, when this life is done,
They may with him adore
The ever blessed Three in One,
In bliss forevermore.

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