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He was taken from the care of his sheep, to be placed in authority, over the agriculturists of Israel. It was to shepherds that the glad tidings of peace to man on earth were first revealed. And it was from that primitive occupation that the Savior himself was pleased to take his favorite figure for the divine employment in which he was engaged. He was & is the great shepherd of his people. Thus, so far as the sacred volume speaks, the marked preference is not for the agricultural, but for the nomadic tribes.