WHICH ONE?

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 7, 1901

J. PROFESSES to be a Christian. B. does not. D. is a poor man. D. hired to B. to cut twenty cords of wood. When he had just begun the work, B. said, “Don’t you need some money?” D. said, “I have worked only a little.” “That is all right,” said B; “you may need some money. Here is five dollars.”

Some time afterward J. bargained to have D. cut twenty cords of wood for him. When D. had most of the wood cut, and was ready to begin hauling it, his wife was taken very sick, so that he could not leave the house. In a few days D. himself became sick, and of course was in need of money. J. laid the money away, and told D. that it was ready for him when the wood was delivered.

Which of these showed the Christian spirit?

This is a true story, and happened but a few weeks ago.