Here is an imitation of Jesus that is worth while. Of Himself He said:
“He calleth His own sheep by name”:
Mr. Wanamaker always remembers the men, women, and children of
Bethany (Sunday-school and church) in his absences. He carries
a little book in which are written the names and addresses of
the 1,100 members of the brotherhood, nearly all the 5,400
Sunday-school children, and nearly all of the 3,600 members
of the church. These names are arranged alphabetically, and
each day when he is traveling he sits down with his book and,
beginning the first day with the letter A, utters each name
aloud and repeats to himself the individual circumstances of
each in which prayer and help are otherwise needed. He continues
this daily until he has exhausted the list. His idea in doing
this is to recall to his mental vision the face of each. “And
thus,” said the one who told me this, “no wonder Mr. Wanamaker
knows us all by name, calls us all by our first names--Tom and
Harry and Jim--and remembers the particular troubles or joys of
each.” (Text.)--_The Christian Herald._
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=Identification, Descriptive=--See INDIVIDUALITY.