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BOOK II. When in thine own appointed hour They see this lion tamed !

7 The love thy bleeding cross displays The hardest heart subdues ! Here furious lions, while they gaze, Their rage and fierceness lose.

8 Yet we are but renew d in part, The lion still remains ; Lord, drive him wholly from my heart, Or keep him fast in chains.

1 THE Saviour calls his people sheep, And bids them on his love rely ; For he alone their souls can keep, And he alone their wants supply.

2 The bull can fight, the hare can flee, The ant in summer food prepare ; But helpless sheep, and such are we, Depend upon the shepherd s care.

3 Jehovah is our Shepherd s name, Then what have we, though weak, to fear ? Our sin and folly we proclaim If we despond while he is near.

4 When Satan threatens to devour, When troubles press on every side, Think on our Shepherd s care and power, He can defend, He will provide.

5 See the rich pastures of his grace, Where in full streams salvation flows! There he appoints our resting-place, And we may feel secure from foes.

6 There, midst the flock, the Shepherd dwells, The sheep around in safety lie ; The wolf in vain with malice swells, For he protects them with his eye.