1. Shepherd, show me how to go O'er the hillside steep,
2. Thou wilt bind the stubborn will, Wound the callous breast,
How to gather, how to sow, How to feed thy sheep.
Make selfrighteousness be still, Break earth's stupid rest.
I will listen for thy voice, Lest my footsteps stray;
Strangers on a barren shore, Laboring long and lone,
I will follow and rejoice All the rugged way.
We would enter by the door, And thou knowest thine own.

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