At an examination of a deaf and dumb institution some years ago in London, a little boy was asked in writing:
“Who made the world?”
He took the chalk, and wrote underneath the words:
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
The clergyman then inquired, in a similar manner
“Why did Jesus Christ come into the world?”
A smile of gratitude rested upon the countenance of the little fellow, as he wrote:
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.”
A third question was then proposed, evidently adapted to call the most powerful feelings into exercise:
“Why were you born deaf and dumb, when I can both hear and speak?”