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14             Poems by Mary Baker Eddy


  	        "FEED MY SHEEP" 

 1	    SHEPHERD, show me how to go
  	      O'er the hillside steep,
 3	    How to gather, how to sow, — 
  	      How to feed Thy sheep;
  	    I will listen for Thy voice,
 6	      Lest my footsteps stray;
  	    I will follow and rejoice
  	      All the rugged way. 

 9	    Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
  	      Wound the callous breast,
  	    Make self-righteousness be still,
12	      Break earth's stupid rest. 
  	    Strangers on a barren shore,
  	      Lab'ring long and lone,
15	    We would enter by the door,
  	      And Thou know'st Thine own;

  	    So, when day grows dark and cold,
18	      Tear or triumph harms,
  	    Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
  	      Take them in Thine arms;
21	    Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
  	      Till the morning's beam;
  	    White as wool, ere they depart,
24	      Shepherd, wash them clean.