Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-11-14
THE LORD
OUR SHEPHERD
Sunday School Lesson fer Nov. Is. 1908
Specially Arranged for This PAPER

GOLDEN TENT-''The Lore is my
Shepherd. ] shah not want"-Psalm 23L
AtTHoH--David.
TIME.-Euher in dis voutn OPP iater In
review of bis life. Barton places 30
during Ahsaicm's rebellion. referring TO
sam. f-T-g
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Good Shepherd Slepherding
His Sheep-Ns - "on such a viii
derucss OF mirage. Elusive paths. Turk
ing terrors and iufreuueut spots of
heritage. IL IS evident that the person
and character OF the shepherd must
mean great deal more 90 the sheep
than they can possibly mean with us.
with US. sheep left to themselves may
De seen any day-iu "a field OF on q
hillside win a travelling wire fence
10 keep them from strayinE. But I
DO not remember ever TO have seen in
the east flock Of sheep without a
shepherd. On such landscane as 7
have described he is obviously indis-
pensabie~
The sheep in modern times under
civilized governments are as really
protected by the shepherd as are those
In the open fields OF the orient: only
IN different way. The laws take
the place OF clubs and crooks Fences
and police guards are but another
mode of protecting tho sheen from
labyrinthine paths and desert dangers.
and OF guiding them 20 the green pas
lures and waters OF rest.
This is equally true OF life. By a
fuller knowledge ~ natural and divine
law. by the protection. which Christian
civilization bestows. and the guidance
Of Gods word. many things are done
FOR us which needed once more visible
guidance. But So is the same sheD-
herding as was given OF old
The Good Shepherd loves his sheep
with an everlasting love. lie gives his
life for the sheep.
He left heaven. his home. and be
came man: taught. suffered. died. that
he might find his lost ones.
The shepherdhood OF Christ and
the fatherhood OF God are the two
most conforms assurances OF ScrIp-
ture. "-Hugh Black
The Good shepherd Knows his sheen
by Name. IT is remarkable fact in
oriental husbandry. that in "a flock of
hundreds of thousands each Individual
sheep has jas name. knows IT, and is
known by &c." This implies. That
the shepherd takes a living. personal
interest in each individual Q. That
he knows each individuals peculiar
circumstance. so that Dee ministers
70 each one what he specially needs
and requires 8 That Dee assigns 20
each one the work Cor which ne Is best
fitted. g. That DE can accept the love
and loyalty of each individual Jesus
the Good Shepherd. does an this and
more for his flock
Every life needs shephcrding: and
shepherd knows his sheen by their
weakness and faults. and measures his
care OF them thereby: and when the
Good Shepherd calls his own sheen.
he calls them by the name which sug-
gests at once their falling and his helm.
and his cali thus becomes a tender
appeal, for IL is both a remembrance
and promise. Hugh Black
The Good Shepherd is Our Guide
Through Life He leadeth me d"
"Guideth me on q journey from which
II is easy 10 stray from the right
path" In the paths OF righteousness. "
In the right tracks. those that lead
directly and safely 20 the place Of des-
tinauon. PROF G. A. Briggs. often
have / roamei through the shepherd
country Ia my youth and watched how
hard II is 90 choose the right path
for the sheep; one leads 10 "a precipice
another 10 place where the sheep
cannot find the way back: and the
shepherd was always going ahead
proud of his Cood name as a shep-
herd. Song OF The Syrian Shepherd
Thy rod and thy star are not
synonymous. for even the shepherd of
to-day. though often armed with a gun.
carries two Instruments of wood. his
great oak club thick enough 10 brain
wild beast and his staff 90 lean upon
or 10 touch his sheep with. while the
ancient shepherd without firearms
would surely still more require both.
George Adam Smith
The stan Is the common shephord's
crook. by which he can draw a wan
dering sheep toward him or pull him
out OF some crevice or away from
some poisonous herb
They comfort me" I'VE must not
miss the force Of the good old word
comfort icon. together: FORTS.
strong). Il means far more than sim
ply to console. It signifies to tone IN
the whole nature. 20 strengthen a man
so that all his energies can be brought
to bear."-M r.. Vincent.
Goodness and mercy" (the quail
ties OF Cod shall follow me-" pursue
me. hunt me.
One need not seek anxiously for
them as an Elusive blessing. as the
child seeks in vain for the rainbow;
but they will pursue him and over
take him. II only he is a true sheen
Il will dwell IN The house of the
Lord for ever" ln his house. and un-
der the heavenly Influences OF his
house, wherever he may be On earth
and in heaven he VIII serve him day
and night in his temple A member
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