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The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back.
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"The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back."
— Sabine Baring-Gould

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The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back. — Sabine Baring-Gould

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Sabine Baring-Gould was a Clergyman from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1834–1924).

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Who said "The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the…"?
This quote is attributed to Sabine Baring-Gould, a Clergyman from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Sabine Baring-Gould lived from 1834 – 1924.