HONESTY | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 30, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 13.

HONESTY.

THERE was a lad in Ireland, who was put to work at a linen factory, and while he was there, a piece of cloth was wanted to be sent out, which was short of the length that it ought to have been; but the master thought that it might be made longer by a little stretching. He thereupon unrolled the cloth, taking hold of one end himself, and the boy the other. He then said:—

"Pull, Adam, pull!"

But the boy stood still. The master again said:—

"Pull, Adam, pull!"

"I can't," replied the boy.

"Why not?" asked the master, impatiently.

"Because it is wrong," answered Adam, and he refused to pull.

Upon this the master said he would not do for a linen manufacturer. But that boy became the Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke, and the strict principle of honesty of his youthful age laid the foundation of his future greatness.—Selected.