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'Twas
a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away in the parable Jesus told.
A grown-up sheep that had gone astray from the ninety and nine in
the fold. Out on the hillside, out in the cold, 'twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought; And back to the flock, safe into the fold, 'twas a sheep
the Good Shepherd brought.
And
why for the sheep should we earnestly long and as earnestly hope
and pray? Because there is danger, if they go wrong, they will lead
the lambs astray. For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know, wherever the sheep
may stray; When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long till the lambs are
as wrong as they.
And so with the sheep we earnestly plead, for the sake of the lambs
today; If the sheep are lost, what terrible cost some of the lambs will
have to pay!
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