Christian Science Sentinel – Me, we, and them

ShepardThe Christian Science Sentinel online posted an article this week written by Michael Mooslin titled, Me, we, and them:

The poem “ ‘Feed My Sheep’ ” by Mary Baker Eddy (Poems, p. 14), the Discoverer of Christian Science, is based on Jesus’ instruction to his disciple Peter. Its three touching verses, set to music in the very first Christian Science Hymnal in 1892, carry a deep message for all of Jesus’ followers, assuring us of our divine Shepherd’s guiding hand through three perspectives: me, we, and them. The poem begins, “Shepherd, show me how to go,” moves to “We would enter by the door” in verse two, and ends with “Shepherd, wash them clean.”…

To read or listen to this article in full on https://sentinal.christianscience.com,
please click here. 

 

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