Quote#Money & Wealth
Poor shepherdless sheep! it was His delight, as the Good Shepherd, to…
Quote byJohn Cunningham Geikie · 1824–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 59..
English (original)
Poor shepherdless sheep! it was His delight, as the Good Shepherd, to lead them to rich pastures; and as they sat and stood around Him, they forgot their bodily wants in the beauty and power of His words.
— John Cunningham Geikie
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