Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Rose Mawhorter and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes: The word 'Lord' in small-caps has been rendered as +LORD+ to differentiate it from the word 'LORD' in regular all-caps. Obvious missing punctuation was added. p 83. hill-crest was changed to hillcrest * * * * * The Shepherd Psalm A Meditation By WILLIAM EVANS, Ph.D., D.D. Bible Teacher and Author of "The Book of Books," "How to Memorize," "Outline Study of the Bible," "How to Prepare Sermons and Gospel Addresses," "The Book-Method of Bible Study," "Epochs in the Life of Christ," "Through the Bible, Book by Book," etc. CHICAGO THE BIBLE INSTITUTE COLPORTAGE ASS'N 826 North La Salle Street COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE BIBLE INSTITUTE COLPORTAGE ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS FOREWORD 5 INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER ONE: "The +LORD+ is my shepherd; I shall not want" 17 CHAPTER TWO: "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters" 26 CHAPTER THREE: "He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake" 36 CHAPTER FOUR: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me" 58 CHAPTER FIVE: "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over" 73 CHAPTER SIX: "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the +LORD+ forever" 79 [The illustration on the cover is from an actual photograph by the Author, when he was in Palestine.] FOREWORD THIS production of the Shepherd Psalm is sent forth at the request of many hundreds of kind persons who have listened to the writer preach on it and who desire to see it in print, that it may be a blessing to many who cannot hear it. It is a well known Psalm. Untold numbers of sermons have been preached on it. Books without number have been printed in attempts to set forth its life, depth, richness, and beauty. Doubtless much more will be written and spoken concerning this charming pastoral symphony--and, after that, much more will remain yet to be said, so full is the inspiration of the divine Word. May God make this Psalm to the reader all that it has been--yea, and more,--to the writer! WILLIAM EVANS. INTRODUCTION The Twenty-third Psalm