20729. LIKE A SHEPHERD, TENDER, TRUE

Like a shepherd, tender, true, Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Daily finds us pastures new, Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads; (Jesus leads;) If thick mists (If thick mists) are o'er the way, (are o'er the way,) Or the flock (Or the flock) 'mid danger feeds, ('mid danger feeds,) He will watch them lest they stray: Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads.

All along life's rugged road Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Till we reach yon blest abode, Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads; (Jesus leads;) All the way (All the way) before He's trod, (before He's trod,) And He now (And He now) the flock precedes, (the flock precedes,) Safe into the fold of God: Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads.

Thru the sunlit ways of life Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads; (Jesus leads;) Thru the warrings and the strife Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads; (Jesus leads;) When we reach (When we reach) the Jordan's tide, (the Jordan's tide,) Where life's bound- (Where life's bound-) 'ry line recedes, ('ry line recedes,) He will spread the waves aside: Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads.