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graze in the cool of the evening or seeing the 

 lambs scamper up and down the hUlsides. 



Strong men have come from tending sheep. 

 Young David watched his father's flocks and 

 in his zeal slew the lion and the bear that would 

 have -destroyed them. Gazijag from his hill 

 pastures afar out over the land he learned to 

 love it well, so that the day came when he 

 emerged from the solitude of the sheep pas- 

 tures to be the one who should redeem Israel 

 from bondage. Let us hope that in our own 

 land young men may be found who while 

 working with the gentle ewes and innocent 

 lambs may from these scenes of i)eace absorb 

 sufScient love of home, country and native 

 land that they may come forth strong to help 

 in the redemption and upbuilding of their own 

 country. 



