The Master's Likeness by Joseph Johnson A heartwarming story of a young boy named Robert Welby, an orphan all alone in the world with no friend to care for him. When Dr. Thorncross took him into his school, Robert was his "Christ's sake" boy, the doctor usually had one boy who he admitted free of charge at his own expense, but this time what started as an act of charity became a deep and beautiful friendship between the stern, precise headmaster and the poor, lonely boy. Robert knew who it was that had taken him in, saved him from the workhouse and opened his arms to him, and he was deeply grateful. Having recently lost his father, the boy was devoted to the doctor, and the love of his affectionate nature was poured out to this headmaster who had done so much for him. The doctor was a Christian man, holding fast to the principals that his boys should grow and learn in godly character and the fear of the Lord as well as in education. All the boys respected him greatly...