Every boy in the classroom was sitting unusually quiet and attentive, and even the teacher was looking a little bit uneasy, for the inspector was standing in front of the class asking questions of the boys one by one. The last subject on the list was Religious Instruction.
The inspector asked a number of questions about the Bible, which were all correctly answered. Finally he said:
“Tell me, can God see everywhere?”
“Yes, Sir,” answered a bright boy in the front row.
“Is there anything which God cannot see?”
Quickly Bobby’s hand went up, and the inspector turned to him for the answer. At this point the teacher interrupted and whispered quietly to the inspector that this particular boy was below standard and perhaps ought not to be questioned.
“Never mind,” said the inspector; “we shall see what he has to say.”
“Now then, sonny, tell me, is there anything that God cannot see?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the boy. “God cannot see my sins.”
The inspector’s face clouded a bit and he said, “And why not, my boy?”
“Because the Bible says, ‘The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin!’”
I think that was a fine answer, don’t you? I don’t know what the teacher and the inspector thought of the answer, but I’m sure it is true, and I am glad that God cannot see my sins for they are all gone.
“What can wash away my sins? —
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
So that not one spot remains? —
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow!
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”
ML 09/16/1956