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Play “Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd (Jane Elizabeth Leeson): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune REGENT SQUARE (Henry Thomas Smart) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to REGENT SQUARE (Henry Thomas Smart), a 8.7.8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd,
- Our little ones are dear to Thee;
- Gathered with Thine arms and carried
- In Thy bosom, may they be
- Sweetly, fondly, safely tended,
- From all want and danger free.
- 2Tender Shepherd, never leave them
- From Thy fold to go astray;
- By Thy look of love directed,
- May they walk the narrow way;
- Thus direct them and protect them,
- Lest they fall an easy prey.
- 3Let Thy holy Word instruct them;
- Fill their minds with heavn'ly light;
- Let Thy love and grace constrain them
- To approve whate'er is right,
- Take Thine easy yoke and wear it,
- And to prove Thy burden light.
- 4Taught to lisp the holy praises
- Which on earth Thy children sing,
- Both with lips and hearts unfeigned
- Glad thank-off'rings may they bring;
- Then, with all the saints in glory,
- Join to praise their Lord and King.
About this music
REGENT SQUARE — Henry Thomas Smart. 'Regent Square' Henry Smart, 1867. Setting: "Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship", 1867.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship", 1867 Hymn 58.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd page.
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