Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

A hymn celebrating the Good Shepherd

A hymn celebrating the Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd, We Are Not Alone
PUER NOBIS NASCITUR (8.8.8.8) ("That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright")

Good Shepherd, we are not alone,
For you protect and love your own.
And we, responding, know your voice;
We hear you calling and rejoice.

Another shepherd might turn back
And flee at danger's first attack;
But you laid down your very life —
A loving shepherd's sacrifice.

A thief may well destroy and steal,
But you, Good Shepherd, save and heal.
You lead your sheep to pasture land,
To life abundant, by your hand.

You gather sheep from far and wide —
From folds we know and from outside.
One flock, one Shepherd, there will be —
A loving, blest community.

Biblical Reference: John 10
Tune: Trier ms. 15th century; adapted by Michael Praetorius, 1609; harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910 ("That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright")
Text: Copyright © 2012 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
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