“WHAT book are you reading?” asked a man of his neighbor one day.
“I am reading a book that has two leaves,” was the reply.
“Then it won’t take you long to read it,” said the other.
Months passed away, and they met again. “Well, what are you doing now?”
“I am still reading my little book,”
“What! and only two leaves in it?”
“Yes, a white leaf and a red one. The white leaf is the holiness of God, and the red leaf is the blood of Jesus Christ His Son. When I study the white leaf, and see my sin in the light of God’s holiness, I am glad to turn to the red leaf, and rest my eye on the blood of Jesus. And when I realize the preciousness of the Saviour’s blood, I feel a longing for His righteousness, and turn again to the white leaf. The little book will occupy me all my life, and I expect it will be my joyful meditation through eternity.”
ML-06/12/1960