The Lost Sheep

Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that wandered away, In the parable Jesus told,

Twas a grown up sheep that had gone astray From the ninety and nine in the fold.

Out in the wilderness, out in the cold. Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought.

Back to the flock, safe in the fold, Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd brought.

And why for the sheep do we earnestly plead? And more earnestly hope and pray?

Because there is danger if the sheep go wrong They will lead the young lambs away.

The lambs will follow the sheep, you know Wherever the sheep may stray

If the sheep go wrong, it won't be long Till the lambs are as wrong as they.

And so for the sheep we earnestly plead For the sake of the lambs today

For if young lambs are lost, what a terrible cost some sheep will have to pay.

- C.C. Miller -