“In the parable of the lost sheep we have a picture of Calvinistic salvation. The shepherd went after his sheep till he found it; then he laid it on his shoulder, rejoicing, and carried it home. Here was ample love. It did all that was needed to make the rescue of the sheep an absolute certainty. It was love’s eyes that sought and found it; it was love’s hands that liſted it tenderly to the shepherd’s shoulders; it was love’s strength that bore it safe to the fold. No one can find fault with such love as being too meagre. This parable is the picture of Christ saving a sinner in a truly Calvinistic manner. He both seeks and saves the lost. His eyes of love search out the sinner; his hands of love lay hold upon him, and sweetly constrain him to yield; and on the broad shoulders of his love he bears the sinner home.” — R.C. Reed, The Gospel as Taught by Calvin (1896, 1979), pp. 109-110