The Master's Question

Have you looked for the sheep in the desert?
For those who have missed the way?
Have ye been in the wild, waste places
Where the lost and wandering stray?

Have ye trodden the lonely highway,
The foul and darkness stree?
It may be ye'd see in the gloaming
The print of My wounded feet.

Have ye folded to your bosom
The trembling, neglected lamb,
And taught the lost one straying
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 wept with the broken hearted
In their agony of woe?
Ye might hear Him whispering beside you,
"Tis the pathway I often go."

"My disciples, my brethren, my friends,
Can ye dare to follow Me?"
That wherever the Master dwelleth
There shall the servant be.

--- Author Unknown

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