The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-08
Fire.Side story about Honesty.

an old town IN Germany. lie father teOk a
loa Of bread, which he had bought in the
Town, aud broke IL aud gave II 10 his boy
Not so, father said lie 10y i shall lot
eat unlIl alter you. ICu have been working
hard oil day, Tor small wages 10 support NE,
and you must be very Hungry. / shall wait
iii Uu are done
You speak kindly. my son. replied the
plea sed father your love Ia HE does me
more good than amy lood and those eyes OF
yours remind mt OF Your dear mother who
has ielt us. aud who told you 10 love Ine as
she used 10 do; and indeed my boy, you
have been n great strength and comfort 10
ne; but now Iilat | have eaten the first MGR
sci 10 please you, ii Is your t1rn now TO eat.
Thank you, laIher; but break this piece
in Two, and take you Il little more for you
see the LOAF is not large, aud you require
much more than do
i shcll divide the LOAF for you. my boy I;
but eat il sail not; have abundance, and
let us thank God for his great goodness in
giving US food ana giving us what is better
still, cheerful aud cOnleh,ed hearts. de who
gave us the living bread from Heaven 10
nourish oui immortal sons how sliaii he not
give us all other food which is necessary to
support our mortal bodies y
ihe father and his son thanked God, and
then began 10 cut the loal III pieces, 10 begin
together their frugal meal. Bu, as they cut
one portion oil The loal there Tell out several
large pieces OF gold. OF great value. The
little boy gave shout OF Joy and was spring
ing forward TO grasp the unexpected treasure.
when he was pulled back by his father.
My son, my son y he cried, do not touch
that money; II Is not ours
But whose is 1t, father ii it is not ours q
i know not us yet TO whom II belongs; but
probably put there by The baker. through
some mistake. We must inquire. Rum
But father interrupted the boy. you are
poor and needy, aud you have bought the
loaf. and then the baker might tell u lie
and -
Il will not listen to you, my boy bought
the loal but did hot buy the gold i'll it
Ii the baker sold II 10 me III Ignorance, /
shall not be SO dishonest, as 10 take adven-
iagc OF INN rene + linn who told Us 10
do unto others as }.-id have others do
unto Us. The ~ possibly. cheat U.S.
but t,..t is 80 re..~-.- Why we should Try
and cheat HIN. Ycor, indeed but that
Is no s.i. Ii We sua.e tne poverty of Jesus
God's own Sou, y. let Us share, also, his
goodness and lis trust in God. We may
never be rich but we may always be honest
! We may die OF starvation, Uut Gods will be
done should We die in doing it! Yes. my
boy, trust God and rdik in has rays, and
you shall aerer be PIT TO shame. Now run
to the baker, and bring HIM here and |
shall watch the gold until he comes
| So the boy ran for the baker.
Brother workman said the cid man, 'you
have made some mistake, aud almost lost
your money > aud he showed the baker the
gold, and told HIM how it had been found
lis il thine p asked the father; III II Isl take 1t
away
My father, baker, is very poor
Silence my child put me not 10 shame
| by thy complaints. | am z lad we have saved
this man from losing his money.
The baker had been gazing alternately
upon The honest father aud his eager boy,
and upon The gold which lay glttering upon
| The green turf.
Thou art, indeed, an honest fellow said
the baker, aud my neighbor: David the fiax-
dresser. spoke bul the tru,. when he said thou
vast the honestt ST man in our town. Now
! | shall tell thee about the gold:-A stranger
calae TO my shop three days ago. anj gave
thar ioai. aud told NE to sell ii cheaply, or
give i, AVA TO The honestesl poor man whom
knew IN the .ci,v. told DAVID to send
thee TO me. as a custu:ner, this morning and
as thou wouidst no, lake the lCal for nothing.
| soid IT 10 thee. as thou knowest i''r TIE iist
pence IN thy purse aud the Loaf win al lis
ircasurc-and truly II Is noi small!-is li,lne ;
and God grant thee "a blessing with II! lie
poor father bent his head TO the ground
while the tears fell from his eyes. HIS boy
ran. put his hands about his neck. and said
l shall always like you, my father, trust
God. and do what is right: Tor l am sure 1t
will never mt rs TO shame-I EdiReDUTSh
Christian Magazine.