"The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10

  Half a century ago, I was pastor of a downtown church in Baltimore. Not far from the church was a stoneyard, where, on Sunday mornings, the boys of the neighbor hood gathered to play marbles. One morning, an hour before Sunday-school, a deacon came along. Seeing a "school of minnows," as he afterwards called them, he resolved to cast a net.

  Presently he remarked that when a boy he was fond of the game and was considered a fairly good player. Then he expressed wonder whether he could still play. "I dare you to try," challenged one of the urchins; and in an instant the deacon was down on all fours, :"Plumping boler" with the best of them. The boys were delighted to find this middle-aged gentleman in Sunday clothes a "crack shot" at marbles; and they at once proclaimed him the leader of their "gang," which position he accepted with thanks.

  After a while, consulting his watch, he said, "Boys, this is my last game for today. I must go now."

"Awe, can't you play another game?"

"No, I attend Sunday-school up on Lombard Street, and must be off. Come with me boys, and play my game today."

  They hesitated for a moment; but on being reminded that they had chosen him as leader of the "gang," they stood by their action. Fifteen minutes later eight of those boys, at the heels of the deacon, marched into the Sunday-school room and were organized into a class. After teaching the boys for several weeks the deacon turned them over to another teacher, while he went down to the stoneyard and recruited another class.

He who made Peter and his brother Andrew "fishers of men" also made Deacon Morehead a successful fisher of boys.

  Seven of the boys from that Sunday-school entered the gospel ministry, and they made good. Three of them are occupying prominent pulpits, while others, as successful business men are the chief supporters of their church.