Would it not be the
evil-faced child, because he needed it most? Yes; in God's name, yes. For is
not that the divine way? Who that has read of the lost sheep, or the found
prodigal, even if he had no spirit bearing witness with his spirit, will dare
to say that it is not the divine way? Often, no doubt, it will appear
otherwise, for the childlike child is easier to save than the other, and may
come first. But the rejoicing in heaven is greatest over the sheep that has
wandered the farthest--perhaps was born on the wild hill-side, and not in the
fold at all.
George MacDonald, in Unspoken Sermons
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