The King of love my Shepherd is
by Henry Williams Baker (1821–1877)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 197.
Verse 1
The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His, And He is mine forever.
Verse 2
Where streams of living water flow My ransomed soul He leadeth, And, where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth.
Verse 3
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me, And on His shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me.
Verse 4
And so through all the length of days Thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd! I would sing Thy praise Within Thy house forever.