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.