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The Carpenter's Dream

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 30, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 40, No. 7.

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The Carpenter's Dream.

A poor man was a carpenter; and he often said to himself and to others: “If I was only rich, I would show people how to give.” In his dream, he saw a pyramid of silver dollars, all new, bright and beautiful. Just then a voice reached him, saying: “Now is your time! You are rich at last; let us see your generosity!” So he arose from his seat and went to the pile to take some money for charitable purposes. But the pyramid was so perfect that he could not bear to break it. He walked all around it, but found no place where he could take a dollar without spoiling the heap. So he decided that the pyramid should not be broken! He awoke to know himself, and to see that he would be generous only while comparatively poor.