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O, let us exalt our dear Lord and proclaim,
In songs of true gratitude, praise to His name!
As songs of the angels in sweetest accord,
Our thanks and our praises shall rise to the Lord.
-- Zion's Harp # 165

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The Ninety and Nine


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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,
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,
I go to the desert to find my sheep."

But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters cross'd;
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord pass'd thro'
Ere he found His sheep that was lost:
Our in the desert He heard its cry—
Sick and helpless, and ready to die,
Sick, and helpless, and ready to die.

"Lord whence are those blooddrops all the way
That mark out the mountain'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 tonight by many a thorn."
"They are pierced tonight by many a thorn."

But all thro' the mountains, thunderriven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There arose a glad cry to the gate of heaven,
"Rejoice! I have found my sheep!"
And the Angels echoed around the throne,
"Rejoice! for the Lord brings back His own!"
"Rejoice! for the Lord brings back His own!"

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