Where Are the Nine?

Verse 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?

Chorus

Where are the nine? Where are the nine? Were there not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

Verse 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?"

Verse 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?

Verse 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?