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Pet S em ata ry

J e su s s a id t o t h em , “ O ur f r ie n d L azaru s s le e p s, b ut I g o, t h at I m ay a w ak e h im o ut o f h is s le ep .”
T hen t h e d is c ip le s l o oked a t e ach o th er, a n d s o m e s m ile d b ecau se t h ey d id n o t k now J e su s h ad s p oken i n a
f ig ure . “ L ord . i f h e s le ep s, h e s h all d o w ell.”
S o t h en J e su s s p oke t o t h em m ore p la in ly , “ L az aru s i s d ead , y es . . . n ev erth ele ss l e t u s g o t o h im .”
—JO HN ’S G O SPE L ( p ara p hra se )





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L ouis C re ed , w ho h ad lo st h is f a th er a t th re e a n d w ho h ad n ev er k now n a g ra n dfa th er, n ev er e x p ec te d to f in d a
fa th er a s h e e n te re d h is m id dle a g e, b ut t h at w as e x actl y w hat h ap pen ed . . . a lth o ugh h e c all e d t h is m an a f r ie n d,
a s a g ro w n m an m ust d o. w hen h e f in ds th e m an w ho s h ould h av e b een h is f a th er r e la ti v ely la te in li f e . H e m et
th is m an o n th e e v en in g h e a n d h is w if e a n d h is tw o c h il d re n m oved in to th e b ig w hite f ra m e h o use in L udlo w .
W in sto n C hurc h ill m oved i n w it h t h em . C hurc h w as h is d au ghte r E il e en ’s c at.
T he s e arc h c o m m itt e e a t th e u niv ers ity h ad m oved s lo w ly , th e h unt f o r a h ouse w ith in c o m mutin g d is ta n ce o f
th e u niv ers ity h ad b ee n h air -ra is in g, a n d b y th e tim e th ey n eare d th e p la ce w here h e b elie v ed th e h