THE BLOTTING OUT OF SIN.
By G. Campbell Morgan
WHAT is the blessing of the blotting out of sin? Recall the story of the boy who ran in one day to his mother, after he had read that promise, "I will blot out as a thick cloud thy transgressions," and he said:— "Mother, what does God mean when He says He will blot out my sins? What is He going to do with them? I can't see how God can really blot them out and put them away. What does it mean—blot out?" The mother, who is always the best theologian for a child, said to the boy: "Didn't I see you yesterday writing on your slate?" He fetched the slate. Holding it in front of him, the mother said:— "Where is what you wrote?" "O," he said, "I rubbed it out." "Why, mother, I don't know." "But how could you put it away if it was really there?" "O, mother, I don't know. I know it was there, and is gone." "Well," she said, "that is what God means when He said, 'I will blot out thy transgressions.'"—G. Campbell Morgan.