Years ago when Charley Ross was kidnapped, his broken-hearted
father declared: “I will search for my lost boy while life
lasts. I will go up and down the earth, and look into the face
of this child and that to see if it is my lost boy.”
The great Father is engaged in a similar search; nor will He rest until
the lost is found. (Text.)
(1892)
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The Arab Waziers have a tradition as to their origin:
A certain ancestor had two sons, Issa and Missa, which may
mean Jesus and Moses. Missa was a shepherd, and one day a lamb
wandered away and was not to be found. For three days and nights
Missa sought it far and near through the jungle. On the fourth
morning he found it in a distant valley, and instead of being
angry with the lamb for straying and giving him all his pains
and anxiety, he took it in his arms, prest it to his bosom,
kissed it tenderly and carried it back to the flock. For this
humane act God greatly blest Missa and made him progenitor of
the Wazir tribe. (Text.)
(1893)
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