HOW condemned this little girl looks as she stands before her mother, with her finger in her mouth and her head down! She has, evidently, just come in from; school with her book and slate under her arm.
What is that her mother holds in her hand? It looks like a letter, and is perhaps a note from her teacher telling her of some naughtiness on the part of the child. Now that she has read it, she looks at her little girl to see what she will have to say for herself. But the child cannot meet her mother’s gaze—her eyes have fallen. People who are guilty do not like to look into the face of one who may know of their wrongdoing, or who may suspect them. The eye, the expression of the face, will usually tell out the guilt; and the downcast look speaks of guilt also.
But sometimes people are very bold and deny their guilt and seek to hide it. They may succeed in this for a time, if they have to do with man, but they can hide nothing from God. His eye sees all; and when the guilty one stands before the judgment bar of Christ, His eye will search him through and through. And not only will all be known then, but now all is known to God, and He tells us that “The face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” (1 Pet. 3:1212For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. (1 Peter 3:12).) This is very solemn and should make us fear to do wrong.
When we have done wrong let us own it to our teachers, our parents, or whomever it may be that we have wronged, and let us confess it to God.
Now I would like to have you to learn, and think much about, this very important verse:
ML 02/02/1902