Gentle Shepherd, Thou Hast Stilled (EN 2244)

EN 2244 Gentle Shepherd, Thou Hast Stilled

Isa.25.8

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Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast stilled

Now Thy little lamb’s brief weeping;

Ah, how peaceful, pale and mild,

In its narrow bed ’tis sleeping,

And no sigh of anguish sore

Heaves that little bosom more.

2

In this world of care and pain,

Lord, Thou wouldst no longer leave it;

To the sunny, heavenly plain

Thou dost now with joy receive it;

Clothed in robes of spotless white,

Now it dwells with Thee in light.

3

Ah, Lord Jesus, grant that we

Where it lives may soon be living,

And the lovely pastures see

That its heavenly food are giving;

Then the gain of death we prove,

Though Thou take what most we love.

4

God, we thank Thee; not in vain

Lived our friend in Thee believing;

Not for him can we be grieving:

Ours the loss, but his the gain.

Ours the vanity of sorrow,

His the vision from the height;

His today, and ours tomorrow,

Change and awe and love and light.

5

What Thou doest, Lord, is good:

Though his body now is sleeping,

Lives his spirit in Thy keeping,

Pain and sorrow understood.

Grant him rest among the living,

Bring him to Thy vision clear,

All his sin in love forgiving

When as Judge Thou dost appear.

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