The Pet Lamb by Early Dew

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 3, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 14.

The Pet Lamb.

By Early Dew

THE story goes, that far away in India a bad man once wanted a fine sheep which belonged to another person. He went before the judge, and got other bad men to help him say that the sheep was his. The true owner came too, and brought the sheep, and his friends came with him and told the judge that they knew the sheep belonged to him. How could the judge decide? He did not know the men, and how could he tell which were liars? But he did know how the sheep are taught in those Eastern countries, so he said, “Let the two men go into those two rooms—one on the right side, the other on the left side—and let the one on the left call the sheep.” But the poor sheep did not “know the voice of a stranger,” and did not stir. The true owner heard the sound, and did not wait to be told what the judge meant. He gave a kind of “chuck,” and the sheep bounded away to him at once. “The sheep knows his voice,” said the judge. “Let him take it away, for it is his.” If we are the lambs of the good shepherd, Jesus Christ, we shall know his kind call and obey it.

—Early Dew.