The Ninety and Nine

Elizabeth Cecelia Douglas Clephane, 1868 Ira David Sankey, 1874

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1. There were nine - ty and nine that safe - ly lay In the
2. “Lo - rd, Th - ou hast here Thy nine - ty and nine; Are they
3. Bu - t none of the ran - somed e - ver knew Ho - w
4. “Lo - rd, whence are those blood drops all the way Th - at
5. A - nd all through the mount - ains, thun - der riven A - nd

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she - lter of the fold. But one was out on the
not e - nough for Thee?” But the Shep - herd made an - swer:
deep were the wa - ters crossed; Nor how dark was the night th - e
mark out the mount - ain’s track?” “They were shed for one who had

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up from the rock - y steep, There a - rose a glad cry to the
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hills a - way, Far off from the gates of gold. A-
“This of Mine Has wan - dered a - way from Me; And
Lord passed through Ere He found H - is sheep that was lost. Ou-
gone a - stray Ere the Shep - herd could bring him back.” “Lord,
gate of heaven, “Re - joice! I have found My sheep!” And the
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- way on the mount - ains wild and bare. A - way from the ten - der
al - though the road be rough and steep, I go to the des - ert
- t in the desert He heard its cry, Si - ck a - nd helpless and rea-
whence are Thy hands so rent and torn?” “They are pierced to - night by
an - g - els echoed a - round the throne, “Re - joice, for the Lord brings

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Shep - herd’s care. A - way from the ten - der Shep - herd’s care.
to find My sheep, I go to the des - ert to find My sheep.”
- dy to die; Si - ck a - nd helpless and ready to die.
many a thorn; They are pierced to - night by many a thorn.”
back His own! Re - joice, for the Lord brings back His own!”
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