scattered along the road, so that it took nearly an hour to find them. The ladies were terribly vexed at this accident, for it would make them too late for the wedding. Just as they were starting afresh, a woodcutter came running out of the forest. “ Thank God,” he said, “ that you have got no farther. A gang of robbers is lying in wait for you. I overheard them arranging their plans and came as fast as I could by a roundabout way in the hope of wanting you of the danger.” The princess rewarded the woodcutter liberally, and ordered the coachman to drive back home. Thus we see that what we reckon as a misfortune often proves in God’s wise councils to be the very reverse.
Q. Does God know all things?
A. God knows all things, even our most secret thoughts, words, and actions.
The Boy and the Apples
The remembrance of God’s omniscience acts as a deterrent from sin. A boy was sent by his father to a neighboring cottage to deliver a message. When he went into the room he found no one there, but on the table there stood a basket filled with most tempting apples. While the boy was waiting, something seemed to whisper to him, “Take one of those nice apples. No one sees you.” But the boy said aloud, “No, I will not take one, for God sees me.” At that moment a man of whose presence he was unaware came out from behind a screen, and said:
