The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Saviour, like a shepherd lead us

No. 775
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune SHEPHERD.
Words Dorothy A. Thrupp.
Music William B. Bradbury.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Saviour, like a shepherd lead us:Much we need thy tender care;In thy pleasant pastures feed us,For our use thy fold prepare.Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,Thou hast bought us thine we are;Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,Thou hast bought us thine we are.

We are thine, do thou befriend us,Be the Guardian of our way;Keep thy flock, from sin defend us,Seek us when we go astray.Blessed Jesus,Hear, O hear us, when we pray!

Thou hast promised to receive us,Poor and sinful though we be;Thou hast mercy to relieve us,Grace to cleanse, and power to free.Blessed Jesus,We will early turn to thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»; hymn number «775» (large, left), tune name «SHEPHERD. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music («D.» smaller), «WILLIAM B. BRADBURY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); printed vertically in the left margin beside system 2, «By per. Biglow & Main.» Stanza 1 is set between the staves: under the first half of system 1, after «1.» and a brace, line 1 «Saviour, like a shepherd lead us: Much we need thy tender care;» (sung first) over line 2 «In thy pleasant pastures feed us, For our use thy fold pre - pare.» (sung on the repeat, after the repeat sign), then «Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,» and, under system 2, «Thou hast bought us thine we are; Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us thine we are.» Stanza 1 is given below in its eight sung lines. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns under the italic reference line «501, 844.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 501 or 844; the first figure read as 5, see `uncertainties.md`), each in SIX lines, with «Blessed Jesus,» printed once as a short indented fifth line; they are transcribed here as printed (to the music they are sung like stanza 1: «Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Hear, O hear us, when we pray; …» — a singing direction, not printed). «Dorothy A. Thrupp.» in italics after stanza 3. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 We»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2, 4 and 6 of each text stanza are indented, line 5 more. The printer's thin space before «:», «;» and «!» («us :», «care ;», «way ;», «be ;», «pray !») is closed up here. «Saviour», «Guardian», «thee» and the capitals are the print's.