Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1899 — Sankey and “Ninety and Nine,” [ARTICLE]

Sankey and “Ninety and Nine,”

Ira D. Sankey said the othter day that he first sang “The Ninety and Nine” id Edinburgh twenty-six years ago. The verses he had seen In a. newspaper, and never had time to put'to music. It was a case of emergency: he didn’t know what to sing, but seemed inspired to attempt “The Ninety and Nine” without music. He started to play, then to sing, each note coming to him until the song was. finished. The music, he added, has not been altered to this day.