C. Wesley (517/413) -- Hymns and Spiritual Songs

C. Wesley JESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep, To Thee for help we fly: Thy little flock in safety keep, For, oh! the wolf is nigh; 2 He comes, of hellish malice full, To scatter, tear, and slay; He seizes every straggling soul, As his own lawful prey. 3 Us into Thy protection take, And gather with Thy arm; Unless the fold we first forsake, The wolf can never harm. 4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power, While by our Shepherd’s side; The sheep he never can devour, Unless he first divide. 5 Oh do not suffer him to part The souls that here agree: But make us of one mind and heart, And keep us one in Thee! 6 Together let us sweetly live, Together let us die; And each a starry crown receive, And reign above the sky.