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The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine

  • No. 498
  • Metre 8s. D.
  • Tune Contrast
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 2 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine,The joy and desire of my heart,For closer communion I pine,I long to reside where thou art;The pasture I languish to find,Where all who their Shepherd obey,Are fed, on thy bosom reclined,And screened from the heat of the day.

2

Tis there, with the lambs of thy flock,There only, I covet to rest;To lie at the foot of the rock,Or rise to be hid in thy breast:'Tis there I would always abide,And never a moment depart,Concealed in the cleft of thy side,Eternally held in thy heart.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «498» (large), then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Contrast, No. 505.]» (sing to the tune CONTRAST, hymn 505), then «8s.» in bold and a small capital «D» with no stop after it (= 8s, double: eight lines). Two numbered stanzas of eight lines in the right column of p. 161, below hymn 497, with a blank line between them; «Charles Wesley.» in bold italics at the end. The first word «THOU» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Thou» here). Stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 THOU», «2 Tis»; numbered «1.» and «2.» here). The even lines are indented as printed. Stanza 2 begins «Tis there» WITHOUT an apostrophe, while its line 5 has «'Tis there» — both kept as printed. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («art ;», «rest ;», «breast :»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship · No. 498 · printed page 161
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01