The Ninety and Nine
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- Music written by
- Ira D. Sankey
- Lyrics written by
- E. C. Clephane
- Composition date
- 1874
- Language
- English
- Tags
- public domain
- Comments
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Hymn written by Clephane in 1868. Sankey added the music in 1874.
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold;
But one was out on the hills away,
Far off from the gates of gold.
Away on the mountains wild and bare;
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care.
“Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine;
Are they not enough for Thee?”
But the Shepherd made answer: “This of Mine
Has wandered away from Me.
And although the road be rough and steep,
I go to the desert to find My sheep.” - Licensing
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