A Christian visiting in a hospital was having a conversation with a man about his soul when he was startled by a feeble voice nearby saying, "Does your Book tell of the blood that cleanseth from all sin? Tell me, oh, tell me, does your Book tell of the blood that cleanseth from all sin?"
The visitor entered the room from which the voice came, and upon a bed in a corner he found the wasted form of a suffering woman. Raising herself up on one arm as he entered, she stared anxiously at him and repeated her question.
"My dear friend," he said, "what do you want to know about the blood that cleanseth from all sin?"
She cried out, "What do I want to know about it? Man! I'm dying; I'm going to stand before God! I have been a wicked woman, a very wicked woman, all my life. I shall have to answer for everything I have ever done," and she groaned as she thought of her past sinful life.
"Once," she continued, "as I was passing a door, I heard something about the blood which cleanseth from all sin. Oh, if I could hear of it now! Tell me if there is anything about that blood in your Book."
The first chapter of the first epistle of John was read to her, and the poor woman seemed to devour the word, exclaiming, "Read more, read morel" The second, third, fourth and fifth verses were read before she would consent to a pause.
Almost from the very first she seemed to find peace and joy in believing in Jesus, who gave His life for the remission of sins. Today God saves the most wicked if he will by faith believe in the shed blood of His Son.