The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#887

887. The Ninety-Nine Within the Fold

Text Information

• First Line: The ninety-nine within the fold
• Title: The Ninety-Nine Within the Fold
• Author: William G. Schell (b. 1869)
• Refrain First Line: Go search it out, and bring it home
• Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8. with Ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Jeremiah 50:6
  ;
  1 Peter 2:25
• Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission: Spreading the Gospel
• Notes: My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains. Jer. 50:6. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned. I Pet. 2:25.

Tune Information

• Name: THE NINETY-NINE
• Composer: B. Elliot Warren, 1867-1951
• Meter: L.M. 8.8.8.8. with Ref.
• Incipit: 13331 23155 55234
• Key: D Major
• Notes: M.M. 60