A DUTY TO BE DONE by Dean Howson

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 11.

A DUTY TO BE DONE.

By Dean Howson

You have defrauded your neighbor. You have done him injury, not accidentally, but on purpose. You have sought your profit by inflicting a loss upon him. You have taken what does not belong to you, but to him. You must then proceed to make restitution. Go at once. Go to-day, if you can. State the facts frankly and honestly. Acknowledge your wrong-doing, and repair the harm as fully as you can. It will cost you a struggle to do this. When, however, you have made up your mind to the struggle, you will probably find it easier than you expect. But whatever you do, don't keep this burden upon your conscience. It will stand between you and God. It is an obstacle which you cannot get over. You may forget that it is there; but there it is; and you are on one side, and Almighty God is on the other.—Dean Howson.