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Text:The Ninety-Nine Within the Fold
Author:William G. Schell (b. 1869)
Tune:THE NINETY-NINE
Composer:B. Elliot Warren, 1867-1951

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: ;
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



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