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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd",
"author": "",
"tune": "Dismissal",
"number": "354",
"lyrics": "Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd,\nOur little ones are dear to thee;\nGathered with thine arms and carried\nIn thy bosom may they be\nSweetly, gently, safely tended,\nFrom all want and danger free.\n\nTender Shepherd, never leave them\nFrom thy fold to go astray;\nBy thy look of love directed,\nMay they walk the narrow way;\nThus direct them, and protect them,\nLest they fall an easy prey.\n\nLet thy holy Word instruct them:\nFill their minds with heav'nly light;\nLet thy love and grace constrain them,\nTo approve whate'er is right,\nTake thine easy yoke and wear it,\nAnd to prove thy burden light.\n\nCleanse their hearts from sinful folly\nIn the stream thy love supplied;\nMingled streams of blood and water\nFlowing from thy wounded side:\nAnd to heav'nly pastures lead them,\nWhere thine own still waters glide.",
"first_line": "Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd,"
}