THE GOOD SHEPHERD by Llewellyn A. Morrison

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 27, 1907

THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

By Llewellyn A. Morrison

THE shepherd psalms and stories of the everlasting word Are a restful revelation of the goodness of the Lord; From the “Gates of Eden” onward to the “City without sun,” Like the burnished pearls of Orient, in their loveliness they run.

The gentle, patient shepherd, who is watchful over all; The sheep that follow freely at his leading and his call; The foolish ones that wander from his keeping and depart; The lambs upon his bosom, closely nestled by his heart.

The battles of the shepherd for his flock, both night and day; The hireling and the robber and the prowling beasts of prey; The pastures and the perils, the waters where they throng, Have each a place and record in the annals and the song.

Each point becomes a potency for human help, to move The souls of men to higher heights and deeper depths of love; Each parable a prophecy, freighted, divine, and broad, Of the kingdom of “The Shiloh” and the Fatherhood of God.

LLEWELLYN A. MORRISON. The Adrian, New York, Christmas, 1906.