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IN WRITING, GOD MADE ALL WORKS KNOWN TO DAVID AS TO ME.

WHAT MANNER OF A SHEPHERD SHALL LEAVE NINETY NINE SHEEPS IN THE WILDERNESS FOR THE WILD BEAST TO PREY ON  AND SCATTER THEM BECAUSE OF ONE LOST SHEEP. WOULD YOU REJOICE WITH FRIENDS BECAUSE OF ONE SHEEP THAT HAS PROVED TO BE AWKWARD, NOT HAVING ONE MANNER IN ACCORD WITH THE OTHER SHEEPS. WHAT GAIN HAVE I, IF I DID NOT REVEAL THE TRUTH CONCERNING THE MISSING PART OF THE STORY, KNOWING THAT THE WILDERNESS IS NOT A PLACE TO BE INHABITED BY THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEPS. SINCE THE MASTER OF THE SHEPHERD SHALL SURELY REQUIRE OF HIM THE RECORD OF THE SHEEPS HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO LEAD. WOULD IT NOT BE FOOLISH FOR ONE TO REJOICE WITH FRIENDS CONCERNING ONE SHEEP AND GAVE NO ACCOUNT OF THE OTHER SHEEPS TO MY MASTER. A LOST SHEEP IN THE WASTELAND IS OF NO VALUE TO A WISE SHEPHERD, FOR HE SHALL NOT LEAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN PERIL WHEN SEARCHING FOR THE LOST SHEEP. FOR OTHERS SHOULD FIRST BE TAKING TO THE SAFE LAND BEFORE HE COULD RETURN TO LOOK FOR THE PRODIGAL SHEEP, AND THAT IS IF HIS ...