A Sheep Or A Lamb?

'Twas a sheep, not a lamb that went astray

In the parable Jesus told,

'Twas a grown up sheep that wandered away

From the ninety and nine in the fold:

And out on the hilltop and out in the cold

'Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd sought,

And back to the flock and back to the fold

'Twas a sheep that the Good Shepherd br6ught.

Now why should the sheep be so carefully fed

And cared for, even today?

Because there is danger if they go wrong

They will lead the lambs astray.

The lambs will follow the sheep you know,

Wherever they wander, wherever they go:

If the sheep go wrong, it will not be long

Till the lambs are as wrong as they.

So still with the sheep must we earnestly plead

For the sake of the lambs today;

If the lambs are lost, what a terrible cost

The sheep will have to pay.

Anon.

unknown | Jul 1973
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