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 wro't by his word,
Gratefully owning the Healer Divine;
Jesus said tenderly, "Where are the nine?" [Refrain]
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]
4. Jesus on trial today we can see;
Millions deridingly ask, "Who is he?"
They are rejecting him, your Lord and mine!
Bring in the witnesses: Where are the nine? [Refrain]
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #323
Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >
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