Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-10
Religious department.
Conducted by REv. c. NJ. sourHeATr.
AELP ME, PITY ME. SAVE ME
BY REV. NEWMAN HALL.


had slept ut farmers house the night
before. and proceeded on my way; and just
rs was reaching the top Of the mountain, 1
heard lambs voice. II cried IN such n
manner, that ! never heard lamb bloat
like 1t before. IL seemed to say, rs plain NJ
words could speak, "Ilelp me, pity me, save
me-" Poor little thing! l thought 1t came
up to INC. | sat down on the grass, and II
came right up TO me. | could see Il was
half starved. Its bare skin was hanging on
its bare bones. There II stood looking at
me, putting its face almost in mine, and re-
pcatIng its cry, "Ilelp me, pity me, save me :"
So 1t seemed TO me. took Il IN my arms.
| thought: Its mother has fOrsaken III there
is an old sheep out there, perhaps that Is Il.
took It toward the old sheep; it moved
away. put down the little lamb, but the
old sheep walked of, and tho little lamb ran
back to me with its sad cry. took II to-
ward another sheep, and put it down where
there were some high ferns, so that it could
not get back to me. hid myself. thinking
the lamb would run back to its mother. The
old sheep moved away, and tho little lamb
Help me, pity me, save me-" was obliged
to go back and take it in my arms. said
to myself it won't do for me to go of with
it, and it is several miles before como to
another house. II did not occur to me that
If met the shepherd might not he able to
persuade him that Il was pure benevolence
that led me TO walk off with ono OF his flock.
| 4 c,lt I "a ...A IA Ia
implored me to help it, and il would contin-
nc to cry in my ear. | sat down with 1t in
my arms, on the top of tho mountain. Won
dcring what would do.
saw, down in tho valley, something NOV
| ing up the mountain side. By-and-by saw
it was man, and it soon came nearer.
| saw it was friend. who followed me with
some letters. showed him the little lamb.
lilo said, "Whcn pasture is scarce, the moth
ors will sometimes iorsakc them. Poor lit
tie thing! 1t will be dead in few hours.
| know whose it is. will give it some milk
and 1t will be all right. 1t would have been
soon dead If you had not found itn lie took
1t in his arms, and put its head underneath
his shoulder, and it ceased crying.
Who but would have thought of that love-
ly representation Of our Saviour: ale shall
feed his flock like shepherd; he shall gath
err the lambs in his arms, and carry them in
his BOSOM" thought If l. poor. fallen.
selfish man, had such sympathy aud pity for
poor, hnlf-starved lamb, that could not
leave it to perish when it came and asked
me to help it, would Jesus, the Fountain
and Creator Of all that is tender, II any poor.
little lamb. il any poor, wandering sheep,
wounded, bleeding and dying, comes to Him,
and says, Jesus, help mo, pity me, save me.
or perish" would he reject such sinner?
lie never did he never will, he never can.
A little while after, was going in that d.
rection, and asked my friend, GLOW about
my little lambp" "Oh," said he. ''it's all
right; it is now the latest and strongest of
the whole flock" And how often poor,
wandering drunkard. coming home to Jesus
the good Shepherd, has become one of the
most useful mcmbersin the church of God!