{"id":2635,"date":"2014-06-26T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2014-06-09T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T21:05:39","slug":"mary-baker-eddys-poem-feed-my-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/06\/mary-baker-eddys-poem-feed-my-sheep.html","title":{"rendered":"Mary Baker Eddy’s Poem: “Feed My Sheep”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feed My Sheep, by Mary Baker Eddy<\/a><\/p>\n

Shepherd, show me how to go
\nO’er the hillside steep,
\nHow to gather, how to sow,–
\nHow to feed Thy sheep;
\nI will listen for Thy voice,
\nLest my footsteps stray;
\nI will follow and rejoice<\/a>
\nAll the rugged way.<\/p>\n

Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
\nWound the callous breast,
\nMake self-righteousness be still,
\nBreak earth’s stupid rest.
\nStrangers on a barren shore,
\nLab’ring long and lone,
\nWe would enter by the door,
\nAnd Thou know’st Thine own;<\/p>\n

So, when day grows dark and cold,
\nTear or triumph harms,
\nLead Thy lambkins to the fold,
\nTake them in Thine arms;
\nFeed the hungry, heal <\/a>the heart,
\nTill the morning’s beam;
\nWhite as wool, ere they depart,
\nShepherd, wash them clean.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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