At one of our Seaside Services, a lady told me this story of one of these little boys who attended. One day she showed him pictures, told him nice Bible Stories, and then played on the piano as he was very fond of music, and he thorougy enjoyed himself. After all the stories had been exhausted, and several more hymns had been played, she began to play the beautiful hymn beginning,
“I’m thinking of my sins;
What wicked things I’ve done,
How very naughty I have been,
Although I am so young.”
But before many verses had been sung, George said,
“Please sing something else. I don’t like that one.”
“Why not, George?”
“Well, it is not very comfortable to think about your sins.”
“But, do you have any sins, then?”
“O, yes, lots of them.”
“And what do you do with them, George?”
“Why, I always try to forget them as soon as I can!”
This little boy tried to cover up his sins with forgetfulness, but no kind of covering will be of the slightest use, for,
We cannot possibly cover our own sins. God alone can and will cover them with the precious blood of Christ, which cleanseth from all sin, if we look to Him to be saved. Instead of forgetting them, come to Jesus confessing your sins, and He will receive, pardon, and blot them out.
ML 12/03/1944