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Show V jfe TE1B LAMB ht?f There are rcoro reforeuoea In liter r 'J , ature to the luinb tban to all other ; "ff ' aulmalB oomblned. Tho Dlblo teotra '!t w'tEl ni'1DOeB 'n wbloh tho lamb la I ''"$ usetl 'or '"lujtratlon or analogy; nnd k$ poets of every ego and uation havo v " BUng jn 0CRft beautiful ttrnlns of the ' ,y ' shepher.1 and his flockB. Tho mighty . ( mou of history Moses, Abraham, ft '. David, Mohammed learned tho bo ?Ov orofc ' Rreatnf88 whllo tending tho v&JftL- Hook. Tho lamb la tho symbol of in I WhL . nooenoo.of harmleesne&s, of oonOding B vdP simplicity, of pnsstonle6s tendOrnoeS'. I Jr In Its quiet, liquid eyo it has a prill pri-ll 4KS tbos that narks ill way quietly, but 1 P SgF' surely, into tho heart of thoso most 1 tVS diilloult to bo moved. What shop-I shop-I 4ME henJ ovor k'-od R sheop but felt a I & Pi8 o oompunotlon when he gazed Ir. iuto thoso np-lUtod eyes big, even in Wy death, with uero nnd ootnpnealonl 1 The lamb is without uuilo; modost, m doollu; always oufferlng olFenses, nov-' nov-' or committing ono. It soema to bo I an animal on nhioh tho original cureo I has bad no power; for it does not I rise up against Its neighbor, or "do I vour whom It rcny.M It Is nt tho H moroy of nvory other animal, and m lives only through tho oompassiou of S man. It has no strength to oombnt; H no fleetnosB of foot toeBoapo; nooare 1 fully propared plnoo of retreat. If' When oonfrouted by danger it looks m on with a oomplaoent oyo, and ovou H in doatb is as "calm as n Bitmmer jG morning.1 It Ib an oxnmplo of oolm, 4i 0T0Di SontJo, tomporato Uviug. |