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•• Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine; |
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" Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way |
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Are they not enough for Thee ? " |
That mark out the mountain's track ? " |
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But the Shepherd made answer : " This of Mine |
"They were shed for one who had gone astray |
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Has wandered away from Me; |
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back." |
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And although the road may be rough and steep |
" Lord, whence are Thy hands so rent and torn ?" |
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I go to the desert to find My sheep." |
" They are pierced to-night by many a thorn." |
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But none of the ransomed ever knew |
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But all through the mountains, thunder-riven, |
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How deep were the waters crossed; [through |
And up from the rocky steep, |
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Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed |
There arose a cry to the gate of heaven : |
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Ere He found His sheep that was lost: |
" Rejoice ! I have found My sheep ! " |
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Out in the desert He heard its cry— |
And the angels echoed around the throne, |
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Sick, and helpless, and ready to die. |
" Rejoice! for the Lord brings back His own 1" |
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