LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 10 10 10 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Philip Paul Bliss
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| | Bible Refs: | Lk 17:17
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MUSIC
| Name: | WHERE ARE THE NINE
| | Meter: | 10 10 10 10 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Philip Paul Bliss
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| 1. Wand’ring afar from
the dwellings of men,
Hear the sad cry
of the lepers, the ten;
“Jesus have mercy!”
brings healing divine,
One came to worship,
but where are the nine?
Refrain.
Where are the nine?
Where are the nine?
Were there not ten cleansed?
Where are the nine?
2. Loudly the stranger
sang praise to the Lord,
Knowing the cure
had been wrought by His word,
Gratefully owning
the Healer divine;
Jesus says tenderly,
“Where are the nine?”
Refrain.
Where are the nine?
Where are the nine?
Were there not ten cleansed?
Where are the nine?
3. “Who is this Nazarene?”
Pharisees say;
“Is He the Christ?
Tell us plainly, we pray.”
Multitudes follow Him
seeking a sign,
Show them His mighty works—
where are the nine?
Refrain.
Where are the nine?
Where are the nine?
Were there not ten cleansed?
Where are the nine?
4. Jesus on trial today we can see,
Thousands deridingly ask,
“Who is He?”
How they’re rejecting Him,
your Lord and mine!
Bring in the witnesses—
where are the nine?
Refrain.
Where are the nine?
Where are the nine?
Were there not ten cleansed?
Where are the nine?
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