NINETY AND NINE. Sankey's Celebrated Soug, which Was a Popular, Favourite Abroad.
Thtre wer« nictty and nlnt that iaf«ly lay la the shelter of th« fold : But one was out on tie hilts awiy, Far off from the (rata* o< ioldAw*y o i the mouaUint wilt and bar*. Aw*y from ihs leader Shepbt'd'a car*. 'Lord thin hast here ihr ntoety and nint: Are they ntn >t *noiuh for th uT But the 'he.heid m»de a> swer: "Til of mint H m wand«red awiy from me : And »lt iou(th the ro»1 he rough and it«tp I to to the drsert to llrd my ih««p.' Bat non* of theramoned «rer kntw Hiw deep were the w»tert croit»d • Nur ho- d«k was tht night that th» L»rd p»ll«d th>ouijh E c he found hit shtep that was loct. Ont in thK deurt h* heard iti crySick and helplesi and ready to die. ' Lord, whence arc thoie blood-dropi all th« war Ttiat mirlc out the mountain's track? '(They mere itnd for one who bad gone astray Rre the Shepherd cnula brief him back ' ' Lord, whtnee are thy hand* 10 rent and torn ? Thiy ate pierced to night by many a thorn.' But nil through t\* mouatalns, thaad« tlwn, And np from the rocky it«»p, Th-re r se a cry to tn« gat« of h«ar«n, ' Rejoico, I have found my aheap !' led the an(als echoed around the thront, ' Ktjoics, for tbe L jrd bringt back nil own.'
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 576, 29 January 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)
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242NINETY AND NINE. Sankey's Celebrated Soug, which Was a Popular, Favourite Abroad. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 576, 29 January 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)
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