The Yale expositor., 1902-03-14
chlld's cry. Robbers had be- a-own

10 do some bad work along that road,
and IL was known that this herdsman
had money with him. the price OF the
cattle sold. The herdsman ilrst thought
II was a stratagem 10 have him halt
and be despoiled OF his treasures. but
the child's cry became more keen and
rending. and so he dismounted and felt
around In the darkness and all In vain
until he thought OF hollow that he
remembered near the road where the
child might be. and for that he started
and. sure enough. found a little one
tagged out and drenched OF the storm
and almost dead. He wrapped Il up as
well as no could and mounted his horse
and resumed his journey home. Com
ing In sight OF his cabin. he saw II all
lighted up and supposed his wife had
hndled all these lights so as 90 guide
her husband through the darkness.
But no. The house was full OF excite
ment, and the neighbors were gathered
and stood around the wife OF the house.
who was insensible as from some great
calamity. on inquiry the returned hus-
band found THAI the little child of that
cabin was gone. She had wandered
out to meet her father and get the
present he had promised and the child
was lost. Then the father unrolled from
the blanket the child he had found in
the fields. and. 10. "a was his own child
and the lost one OF the prairie home
and the cabin quaked with the shout
over the lost one found! How sugges-
tive OF tho fact that once we were lost
in the open fields or among the noun
tain crags. Gods wandering children
and he found us. dying In the tempest.
and wrapped us In the mantle OF his
love and fetched us home. gladness and
congratulation bidding us welcome.
The fact Is that the world does not
know God or they would all flock TO
him.
There are certain names so magnetic
that their pronunciation thrills all who
hear them. Such IS the name OF the
Italian soldier and liberator, Garibaldi.
Marching with his troops. he met a
shepherd who was In great distress be-
cause he had lost q lamb. Garibaldl
said 10 his troops. Let us help this
poor shepherd find hts lamb" And so.
with lanterns and torches. they ex-
plored the mountains. but did not ind
the lamb. and after an unsuccessful
search late at night they went TO their
cncampment. The next morning Carl
baldi was found asleep far on into the
day. and they Weakened him for some
purpose and found that he had not
given up the search when the soldiers
did. hut had kept on still further into
the night and had found Il. and he
pulled down the blankets from his
couch, and there lay the lamb, which
Garibaldi ordered Immediately taken
20 It's owner. SO the commander OF
all the hosts OF heaven turned aside
fron his glorious and victorious march
through the centuries OF heaven and
said. II will go and recover that lost
world and that race OF whom Adam
was the progenitor and let all who will
accompany me-" And through the
night they came, but do not see that
the angelic escort came any farther
than the clouds. but their most illus
trious leader came all the way down,
and by the time his errand Is done our
little world. our wandering and lost
world. our world feecy with the light.
will be found IN the bosom OF the Great
Shepherd. and then all heaven will
take up the cantata and sing, THE
lost sheep found"
so / set open the wide gate OF my
text. inviting you all 10 come into the
mercy and pardon OF Goa-yea. still
further. into the ruins OF the place
where once was kept the knowledge OF
your iniquities. The place has been
torn down and the records destroyed.
and YOU will find the ruins more d.
lapldated and broken and PROSTATE
than the ruins OF Melrose or Kenll.
worth. for from these last ruins you
can pick up some fragment OF a sculp-
urcd stone or you can see the curve
OF some broken arch. but after your
repentance and your forgiveness you
cannot find IN all the memory Of God
n fragment Of your pardoned sins so
large as a needles point. Their sins
and their iniquities will / remember
no more"
six different kinds OF sounds were
heard on that night which was inter
iccted into the daylight OF Christ's as
sassination. The neighing OF the war
/ horscs-for some OF the soldiers were
In the saddle-was one sound. the
bang OF the hammers was a second
sound. the jeer OF malignants was a
third sound. the weeping OF friends
/ end followers was fourth sound. the
| splash OF blood on the rocks was a
nth sound. and the groan OF the ex-
pirlng Lord was a sixth sound. And
they all commingled into one sadness
/ over n place I'm Russia where wolves
were pursuing load OF travellers and
/ 10 save them n servant sprang from
/ the sled into the mouths OF the wild
| beasts and was deyoured and thereby
| the other lives were saved are In.
/ ecrIbed tho words. Greater love hath
no man than this. that a man lay
down his life for his friend" Many 4
l surgeon IN our own time has ~
/ frnchootomv with hig own Inns drawn