p. 1 | THE MASTER'S QUESTION

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 29, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 41.

THE MASTER'S QUESTION.

HAVE ye looked for my sheep in the desert, For those who have lost their way? Have ye been in the wild waste places Where the lost and wandering stray? Have ye trodden the lonely highway, The foul and darksome street? It may be ye'd see in the gloaming The prints of wandering feet.

Have ye folded home to your bosom The trembling, neglected lamb, And taught to the little lost one The sound of the Shepherd's name? Have ye searched for the poor and needy, With no clothing, no home, no bread? The Son of man was among them,— He had nowhere to lay his head.

Have ye carried the living water To the parched and thirsty soul? Have ye said to the sick and wounded, “Christ Jesus makes thee whole”?— Have ye told my fainting children Of the strength of the Father's hand? Have ye guided the tottering footsteps To the shore of the “golden land”?

Have ye stood by the sad and weary, To smooth the pillow of death, To comfort the sorrow-stricken, And strengthen the feeble faith? And have ye felt, when the glory Has streamed through the open door, And flitted across the shadows, That I had been there before? —Sel.