The Shepherd and His Coat

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A TRAVELER through the Holy Land was much interested, one day, at the sight of a shepherd walking before his flock which altogether followed him.
“It is your coat that they know,” he said to the shepherd. “Otherwise these creatures could see no difference between you and me.”
“Try it,” answered the shepherd.
The traveler put the shepherd’s coat of skin over his own, and took his place at the head of the flock, but immediately all the sheep scattered and fled. He called them by their names, as the shepherd gave them to him, but that only made them run the faster.
“I see now,’’ said the traveler, “it is you, not your coat, that they know.” What a lesson for us!
“A stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:55And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. (John 10:5).
May you each, dear children, know the voice of the Lord Jesus—the Good Shepherd—who calls to you, saying,
“I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD: THE GOOD SHEPHERD GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.” John 10:1111I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:11).
ML 06/04/1922