The Sponged-Off Slate

Friday. Matt. 18: 23-35.

Ten million dollars off the slate at one swipe of the sponge! That would be some forgiveness. That’s Jesus’ picture of God. The man with the sponged-off slate putting a brother-man in jail for sixteen dollars and sixty-odd cents! That’s Jesus’ picture of some men. How small sin can shrivel us up! But how can you forgive? Jesus’ love in the heart will make you love the one you can’t like.

Open in the reader The Bent-Knee Time

Restored from a scan of the 1918 edition, with page headers and numbers removed and words rejoined across line breaks. Scan-derived text, still being proofread; compare the original scan before quoting.