That One Lost Sheep

Safe were the ninety and nine in the fold,
Safe, though the night was stormy and cold;
But said the Shepherd, when counting them o'er,
"One sheep is missing: There should be one more!"




Although His feet were weary and worn,
And though His hands were rent and torn;
E'en tho' the road was rugged and steep,
Still the good Shepherd sought long for His sheep.





There in the night He heard a faint cry
From the lost sheep just ready to die;
Then in His arms, to shield from the cold,
He brought the lost one safe back to the fold.




Chorus:
The Shepherd went out to search for His sheep,
And all thro' the night on the rocky steep
He sought till He found him,
With love-bands He bound him,
And I was that one lost sheep!

Author: E. Toral Seat

Psalms 23

23:1  [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
23:2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.
23:3  He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
23:4  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
23:6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

John 10

10:1   Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
10:2   But He that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep.
10:3  To Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice: and He calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
10:4   And when He putteth forth His own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.
10:5   And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
10:6   This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which He spake unto them.
10:7   Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8   All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
10:9   I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10:10  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
10:11   I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
10:12   But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
10:13   The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
10:14   I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine.
10:15   As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16   And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
10:17   Therefore doth my Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
10:18  No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.