Number: 124
English: HON 1987 #309
Title: How Fresh and Green
Name: 
Words: Sam Jones
Music: J. Lincoln Hall
Copyright: 
Meter: 
Form: 

How fresh and green the pas¤tures fair
Where the good Shep¤herd leads His sheep;
The riv¤er of God’s pleas¤ure there
Flows on for¤ev¤er, still and deep;
A¤far from all the strife and gloom,
He rests with all His flock at noon.

Chorus:
The Shep¤herd and the sheep re¤joice:
How still and sweet those pas¤tures fair;
The des¤ert blooms as par¤a¤dise,
For God is with His peo¤ple there.

How sweet the fra¤grant vale of prayer
Where Je¤sus loved to watch and pray;
We love to trace His foot¤prints there:
No clouds ob¤scure, no fears dis¤may;
Our prayers and praise and songs of grace
Like in¤cense fill the ho¤ly place.

From all the world, its toil and care,
To watch with Him we turn a¤side;
Our Shep¤herd true is wait¤ing there,
And eve¤ry need will be sup¤plied;
He speaks, how pleas¤ant is His voice!
Our sa¤ti¤at¤ed hearts re¤joice.

Made meet His suf¤ferings here to share,
Our heaven¤ly gain is earth¤ly loss;
Con¤tent if Je¤sus leads us there,
To la¤bour now and bear the cross
And man¤i¤fest His life and name,
To all the world His love pro¤claim.