The Good Shepherd

Manuscript from Italian Book of Hours

“The Good Shepherd.” The panels should be read from right to left. The English version of the Chinese text reads: Along the bottom: Jesus spoke the parable of looking for the lost sheep. (Luke 15) / The Son of Man has come to seek and to rescue those that were lost. (Luke 19:10) / Beneath the first panel from the right: Of the shepherd’s 100 sheep, one is lost. / Beneath the second panel from the right: He goes and looks for that lost sheep until he finds it. / Beneath the third panel from the right: When he finds it, then with great joy he puts it on his shoulder. / Beneath the fourth panel from the right: The lost sheep found. Everything together is happy. Published by the China Sunday School Association, c. 1940s. From Collection 231: Papers of Ian and Helen Anderson, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.