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THE NINETY AND NINE 
 
 BY 
 
 ELIZABETH C. CLEPHANE. 
 
 DESIGNS BY ROBERT LEWIS. 
 
 ENGRAVED BY WM. J. DANA. 
 
 BOSTON : 
 D. LOTHROP & COMPANY, 
 
 1877. 
 
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 Copyright 
 By D. LOTHROP & CO. 
 
 1S77. 
 
THE NINETY AND NINE. 
 
 % 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. 
 
ORD, thou hast here thy 
 ninety and nine ; 
 Are they not enough 
 for thee ? " 
 But the Shepherd made 
 answer: "'Tisof mine 
 Has wandered away from me ; 
 And although the road be rough 
 and steep 
 I go to the desert to find my 
 sheep." 
 
UT none of the ransomed 
 ever knew 
 How deep were the 
 waters crossed, 
 Nor how dark was the night 
 that the Lord passed through 
 Ere he found his sheep that was lost. 
 Out in the desert he heard its cry — 
 Sick and helpless, and ready to die. 
 
UT in the desert He heard its 
 
 cry 
 
 Sick and helpless, and ready to die. 
 
I ORD, whence are those 
 blood-drops all the way 
 That mark out the mount- 
 ain's track ? " 
 " They were shed for one 
 who had gone astray 
 Ere the Shepherd could 
 bring him back." 
 '' Lord, whence are thy hands so rent 
 and torn ? " 
 " They are pierced to-night by many a thorn." 
 
But all thro' the mountains, 
 thunder-riven, 
 And up from the rocky 
 steep, 
 There rose a cry to the gate 
 of heaven, 
 i 'f " Rejoice ! I have found my 
 '/ sheep!" 
 
 /A And the angels echoed around the throne, 
 Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own 1 " 
 
ND the angels echoed around 
 the throne, 
 " Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own ! " 
 
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