Michael mentioned this as one of his favorites, a couple of days ago, so here it is–The Ninety and Nine, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. There’s also a version by Burl Ives out there, but once is enough for now.
The hymn shop is open and we’re taking requests.
An old traditional hymn, none the worse for being performed in someone’s living room. Nathan and Lyle, with family and friends, and The Ninety and Nine.
We are the kind of sheep that keep the shepherd busy. We’re always getting lost. Always wandering blindly into danger. And when we do, the Good Shepherd leaves the ninety and nine and comes looking for the one that’s lost.
Your Favorite Hymns continues with The Ninety and Nine, sung by Burl Ives.
Christ’s parable of the Good Shepherd and the lost sheep was the inspiration for this hymn from 1868, The Ninety and Nine, sung here by Burl Ives.
The Ninety and Nine, sung here by Tennessee Ernie Ford, refers to Our Lord Jesus Christ’s parable of the Good Shepherd, who leaves his 99 sheep in the fold while he goes out to find the one lost sheep that has gone astray. But of course, as Isaiah points out, we are all as sheep that have gone astray. We all need rescuing.
Thanks, Susan, for calling for this one–The Ninety and Nine, sung with an awful lot of power by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
“The ninety and nine” refer to the sheep who were not lost, in Jesus’ parable of the good shepherd and the one lost sheep.
Hey, everybody! Our Savior comes out looking for us, if one of us gets lost! And he keeps looking until He finds you, too!
Does your god do that?