Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

separate believer is graven on the palms of his
hands. The chief Shepherd is looking down from
the heavenly sanctuary upon the sheep of his
pasture. He calleth his own sheep by name and
leadeth them out. "If any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ, the
righteous." O precious, blessed; truth! He does not
treat one case with indifference.
His impressive parable of the good shepherd
represents the responsibility of every minister and
of every Christian who has accepted the position as
teacher of children and youth and the teacher of old
and young in opening to them the Scriptures. If one
strays from the fold, he is not allowed with harsh
words and with a whip, but with winning
invitations to return. The ninety-and-nine that have
not strayed do not call for the sympathy and tender
pitying love of the shepherd. But the shepherd
follows the sheep and lambs that have caused him
the greatest anxiety and have engrossed his
sympathies. The disinterested, faithful shepherd
leaves all the rest of the sheep, and his whole heart
and soul and energy are taxed to seek the one that
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