The phrase "pastors" resonates through 10 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Send more lab’rers forth;
More pastors teach Thy flock to tend,
More workmen raise Thy house to build,...
Send more lab’rers forth;
More pastors teach Thy flock to tend,
More workmen raise Thy house to build,
...And life and truth inspire.
The pastors of Thy fold,
With grace and power endue,...
And life and truth inspire.
The pastors of Thy fold,
With grace and power endue,
...Teachers, too, shall meet above,
And our pastors, whom we love,
Shall meet to part no more....
Teachers, too, shall meet above,
And our pastors, whom we love,
Shall meet to part no more.
...Savior, like stars in Thy right hand
May all Thy Church’s pastors be.
Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,...
Savior, like stars in Thy right hand
May all Thy Church’s pastors be.
Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,
...Tending, unseen, Thy people with Thy hand.
O may Thy pastors faithful be,
And feed with wholesome food...
Tending, unseen, Thy people with Thy hand.
O may Thy pastors faithful be,
And feed with wholesome food
...The preachers of Thy holy Word.
Oh, may Thy pastors faithful be,
Not laboring for themselves, but Thee;...
The preachers of Thy holy Word.
Oh, may Thy pastors faithful be,
Not laboring for themselves, but Thee;
...Who minister in holy things;
The elder, pastors, deacons, bless;
Clothe them with zeal and righteousness....
Who minister in holy things;
The elder, pastors, deacons, bless;
Clothe them with zeal and righteousness.
...Most holy Trinity,
Thy prophets, pastors, priests, fulfill
Our sacred ministry;...
Most holy Trinity,
Thy prophets, pastors, priests, fulfill
Our sacred ministry;
...So bless us with the gift complete
By hands of Thy chief pastors giv’n,
That awful presence kind and sweet,...
So bless us with the gift complete
By hands of Thy chief pastors giv’n,
That awful presence kind and sweet,
...Thrice charged to keep Thy fold.
Lord, make Thy pastors faithful
To guard their flocks from ill,...
Thrice charged to keep Thy fold.
Lord, make Thy pastors faithful
To guard their flocks from ill,
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