For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10.  {CC 301.1}        "The chief among the publicans," Zacchaeus, was a Jew, and detested by his countrymen. His rank and wealth were the reward of a calling they abhorred, and which was regarded as another name for injustice and extortion. Yet the wealthy customs officer was not altogether the hardened man of the world that he seemed. Beneath the appearance of worldliness and pride was a heart susceptible to divine influences.  {CC 301.2}        Zacchaeus had heard of Jesus. . . . In this chief of the publicans was awakened a longing for a better life. . . . He felt that he was a sinner in the sight of God. Yet what he had heard of Jesus kindled hope in his heart. Repentance, reformation of life, was possible, even to him. . . . Zacchaeus began at once to follow the convi ...