A gentleman once paid a visit to a deaf and dumb school, for the express purpose of examining the children in the knowledge possessed of Divine truth. A little boy, on this occasion, was asked in writing,
“Who made the world?”
He took up the chalk, and wrote underneath the question,
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The gentleman then inquired in a similar manner,
“Why did Jesus Christ come into the world?”
A smile of delight and gratitude rested on the countenance of the little fellow as he wrote,
“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”
A third question was proposed, eminently adapted to call his most powerful feeling into exercise,
“Why were you born deaf and dumb, while I hear and speak?”
“Never”, said an eye witness, “shall I forget the look of holy resignation and chastened sorrow which sat on his countenance as he took the chalk and wrote,
“Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight.”
ML 01/23/1944