Clear Conscience
A little boy was seen one day lounging around a circus tent. If there is anything in the world tempting to a boy it is a circus, and, knowing this, a gentleman said:
“Come, Johnny, let’s go into the circus.”
“No,” said the boy, “father would not like it.”
“But your father need not know it,” said the man.
“But I will know it,” said the boy, “and when father comes home tonight, I could not look up into his face.”
Ah, how important! Able to look into our Father’s face! He has been very good to us. No good thing has He withheld from us, and yet so many times we find ourselves unable to look into His face. God help us to live so close to Himself, so pure and so holy, that all the time we can be able to look into His face.
“Come, Johnny, let’s go into the circus.”
“No,” said the boy, “father would not like it.”
“But your father need not know it,” said the man.
“But I will know it,” said the boy, “and when father comes home tonight, I could not look up into his face.”
Ah, how important! Able to look into our Father’s face! He has been very good to us. No good thing has He withheld from us, and yet so many times we find ourselves unable to look into His face. God help us to live so close to Himself, so pure and so holy, that all the time we can be able to look into His face.