Sambo was a big, black African who was soldiering in France, far from his warm native land. One dreary winter day he was standing at the door of his quarters, looking out on the bleak, unhappy countryside. It was bitterly cold, and Sambo took on an almost blue tinge, so keenly did he suffer from the penetrating chill of that winter weather. Now, as he looked, the expression on his face changed. Eyes and mouth each formed big round O's, so widely did they open as he watched soft, white flakes drifting to the earth.
"What's the matter, Sam?" asked a British soldier who was standing near.
"Ooo! white rain!" Sambo answered in a hushed voice.
"Oh, that's snow you are watching. Have you never seen snow before?”
"Never, sar. We have no snow in my country.”
Then, as the snow fell thick and fast, Sambo ventured out. Soon his delight knew no bounds as the fleecy flakes fell upon him, and the countryside became beautiful under a coating of pure, white snow.
The British soldier, who was a Christian, watched Sambo enjoying himself for some time, and then he asked: "Can you tell me anything that is whiter than snow, Sam?”
"Yes, sar," the black man answered seriously. "The soul that is washed in my Savior's blood is whiter than this beautiful snow.”
"Why, Sam," came the pleased response, "where did you hear about that?”
"Way in my country, missionary teach me about Jesus, how He shed His blood for me; and we sing in meeting, 'Whiter than the snow.' See my hands—big, black hands? Just like my big, black sins. Now look!" Sam bent down, and when he rose again his hands were completely covered with snow.
"Oh, the grandness of it! Black sins all gone, never to be remember' any more. Washed all white in the blood of the Lamb." And the two men—one black, the other white—shook hands as brothers in Christ Jesus. They had learned the great lesson that, no matter what color the skin may be, the only thing that can cleanse the sinful heart of anyone is the "precious blood of Jesus.”
Have you found this out for yourself, dear reader? God's Word tells us: "The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from ALL sin." 1st John 1:77The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:7).