DURING the hot summer months little Willie was with his aunt in the country. At noon one day, his aunt, having closed the shutters to keen the room cool, a sunbeam stole into the room, and, as is always the case, showed up the impurities in the air, which looked like smoke.
“What is this?” said Willie. “Is this smoke?”
“No,” replied the aunt, “it is dust.’’
“Dust?” asked the little one astonished. “Where does the dust come from? Why, is the whole room dusty like this?”
The aunt replied: “The whole room is full of this dust, but only where light is, can it be seen.”
Upon this Willie was very thoughtful, and at night when being put to bed asked auntie again,
“Was it true, that the whole room was full of dust?” The aunt said that it was so, and continued,
“You see, it is the light which makes manifest the dust.”
So it is with the light from God. By His Holy Word and His Holy Spirit, He shows up the sin-dust of our hearts, thus showing us how unclean we are.
“You see, Willie, your heart also is unclean. You have found this out, have you not?”
The boy admitted it.
“But thanks be to God,” continued the aunt, “by the same light, we see the completeness of the Sacrifice, and Atonement, Christ made when He offered Himself an Offering and a Sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. All who believe on Him, and receive Him as their own Saviour, will be cleansed through faith in Him. He becomes a child of light. (1 Thess. 5:55Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:5)).
ML 06/14/1925