The Lost Boy — Henry Van Dyke

A little boy lost in a great city has always been a favorite theme. Here we have the story of the Boy lost in the city of Jerusalem. The New Testament tells how Jesus, the little child, became separated from his parents and lost. Dr. Van Dyke, with devotional imagination, has traced with reverent pen the wanderings of the Lost Boy. Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American clergyman, educator, and author. He graduated from Princeton in 1873, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1874. He was pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City (1883-99), professor of English literature at Princeton (1899-1923), and U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1913-16). Among his popular inspirational writings is the Christmas story The Other Wise Man (1896). As President Wilson's ambassador to the Netherlands from 1913, Van Dyke was a first-hand witness to the outbreak of World War I and its progress, and was a key player in the President's diplomatic efforts to keep the U.S. out of the conflict.