Join this HeartCry Prayer- Every Wednesday 11.30am-2.30pm (UK time)
1. 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.
2. “Lord, Thou hast
here Thy ninety and nine;
Are they not enough
for Thee?”
But the Shepherd
made answer: “This sheep of Mine
Has wandered away
from Me.
And although the
road be rough and steep,
I go to the desert
to find My sheep.”
3. But none of the
ransomed ever knew
How deep were the
waters crossed;
Nor how dark was
the night 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.
4. “Lord, whence
are those blood-drops 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’re pierced
tonight by many a thorn.”
5. And all through
the mountains, thunder-riv’n,
And up from the
rocky steep,
There arose a glad
cry to the gate of heav’n,
“Rejoice! I have
found My sheep!”
And the angels
echoed around the throne,
“Rejoice, for the
Lord brings back His own!”
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