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PROUD OF A PATCH

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 2, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 34.

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PROUD OF A PATCH.

A POOR boy with a large patch on one knee of his trousers was laughed at by a schoolmate who called him “Old Patch.”
“Why don’t you fight him?” cried one of the boys; “I’d give it to him if he called me so.”
“O,” said the boy, “you don’t suppose I’m ashamed of my patch, do you? For my part, I’m thankful for a good mother to keep me out of rags. I’m proud of the patch for her sake.”
A patch is better than a hole, and patched garments which are paid for are more comfortable than new ones which make a man afraid to meet his tailor.—S. S. Advocate.