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The Good Shepherd
Composer Carl Schalk
Text Richard Leach
Voicing SATB, organ, and oboe
Scripture Reference John 10
Topics Advent, Christmas, Church, Communion, Easter, Lent, Life of Christ, New Life, Passion,
Length X' XX" Price $1.65 (U.S.) Released 7/02
Catalog no. 420-825 Difficulty Mod. easy
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Description
This marriage of Richard Leach's text and Carl Schalk's tune first appeared as a hymn in the Selah collection "Shepherd Songs." Here it is expanded into an anthem for SATB, organ, and oboe. Perfect for Good Shepherd Sunday, baptism, confirmation, or for general use.
Text
The mother, the father, the stable, the childbirth,
these are the gate by which you enter.
The Spirit, the flesh, the blood and bone,
these are the door by which you come.
You enter the sheepfold by the gate;
Jesus, into our lives you come,
the shepherd, our Good Shepherd.
The teaching, the healing, the sin, the forgiveness,
these are the gate by which you enter,
the garden, the kiss, the cross, the tomb,
these are the door by which you come.
You enter the sheepfold by the gate.
Jesus, into our lives you come,
the shepherd, our Good Shepherd.
The rising, the greeting, the wounds on your body,
these are the gate by which you enter.
The bread and the wine, the gatherered church,
these are the door by which you come.
You enter the sheepfold by the gate,
Jesus, into our lives you come,
the shepherd, our Good Shepherd.
--Richard Leach, 2002
© 2008 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.
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