Bear me to the sacred scene,
The silent streams and pastures green!
Where the chrystal waters shine,
Springing up with life divine!
Where the flock of Israel feed,
Guided by their shepherd’s tread,
And every sheep delights to hide
Under the tree where Jesus died!
Bear me to the sacred scene
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters.”—[Psalm] xxiii. 2. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 281.
Publishing: Public Domain