"Twas a Sheep Not a Lamb"

I just got back from a Relief Society Leadership meeting and they read this poem. It was inspiring to me.

'Twas a sheep not a lamb that went astray,
In the parable Jesus told.
'Twas a grown sheep that wandered away,
From the ninety and nine in the fold.

And out on the hillside, and out in the cold,
'Twas a sheep that the Good Shepherd sought.
And back to the flock safe into the fold,
'Twas a sheep the Good Shepherd brought.

Now, why for the sheep should we ernestly long,
And as ernestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger if they go wrong,
They will lead the lambs astray.

For the lambs will follow the sheep, you know
Where ever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong, it will not be long
'Til the lambs are as wrong as they.

And so for the sheep we ernestly plead,
For the sake of the lambs today.
If the lambs are lost, what a terrible cost
Some sheep will have to pay.

-Anonymous