The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

sheep with well-known voice, brought them to the
fold, or followed, and tenderly carried back, those
that had strayed, ever ready to defend them, even at
the cost of his own life. Nay, He even seems to
have watched the habits of the fox in its secret lair.
But he also equally knew the joys, the sorrows, the
wants and sufierings of the busy multitude. The
play in. the market, the marriage processions, the
funeral rites, the wrongs of injustice and
oppression, the urgent harshness of the creditor,
the bonds and prison of the debtor, the palaces and
luxury of princes and courtiers, the self-indulgence
of the rich, the avarice of the covetous, the
exactions of the tax-gatherer, and the oppression of
the widow by unjust judges, had all made an
indelible impression on EUs mind. And yet this
evil world was not one which He hated, and from
which He would withdraw Himself with His
disciples, though ever and again He felt the need of
periods of meditation and prayer. On the contrary,
while He confronted all the evil in it, He would
fain pervade the mass with the new leaven ; not
cast it away, but renew it. He recognised the good