The Shepherd

Denver Republican

We find in both the Old and New Testaments that the type of the shepherd was a favorite one for Biblical writers. It was a touching one in a pastoral country like Palestine.

The sheep and shepherd were inseparable in that lonely, mountainous country. They were mutually dependent. The shepherd was drawn to the sheep for companionship; the sheep were drawn to the shepherd for protection. There were dangers from wolves, lions, robbers, torrents, and storms, which each shared.

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