First Line: Tenderly guide us, O Shepherd of love,

Tenderly guide us, O Shepherd of love,
To the green pastures and waters above,
Guarding us ever by night and by day,
Never from Thee would we stray.

Never ! . . . never ! . . .
Never ! oh, never ! for Thou art the way
Never ! . . . never ! . . .
Never from Thee would we stray.

2 What though the heavens with clouds
be o'ercast !------
Fearful the tempest, and bitter the blast !
Still with the light of Thy Word on the way,
Never from Thee would we stray.

3 Over our weakness Thy strength has
been cast ;
Keep us in meekness, Thine own till the last ;
Then, safely folded, with joy we shall say,
Never from Thee would we stray.