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| Text: | There Were Ninety and Nine |
| Author: | Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830-1869 |
| Tune: | THE NINETY AND NINE |
| Composer: | Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908 |
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | There were ninety and nine that safely lay |
| Title: | There Were Ninety and Nine |
| Author: | Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830-1869 |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1972 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission: Spreading the Gospel |
| Notes: | Doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? Mt. 18:12. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | THE NINETY AND NINE |
| Composer: | Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908 |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Notes: | M.M. 84 |