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OUR SHEPHERD.

Our Shepherd's watchful care
His flock shall safely keep;
To living pastures, green and fair,
His hand shall guide His sheep.

His gentle voice they know;
They follow where He leads,
Through vales where life's bright waters flow,
And over verdant meads.

But fly earth's rude alarms

And sin's alluring snares;

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