Lost, Not, but Gone Before—See [Evidence, Providential].
LOST, SEEKING THE
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)
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)
Lot, Consulting the Bible by—See [Bibliomancy].