JOHN 135 



a Scripture basis for this attitude, he can 

 find it in the tenth verse of the second 

 chapter of Saint Paul's Epistle to the Ro- 

 mans. 



John, in addition to the faithfulness 

 already noted, had two traits which 

 morally are pure gold. The first of these 

 was his quick regard for equity. Not 

 justice; it was several degrees finer than 

 isolated justice. For example this: Be- 

 fore going away on my vacation on one 

 occasion, I offered John the opportunity 

 to earn some extra money by splitting up 

 several hardwood logs. On my return I 

 found the logs untouched and asked John 

 why he had not done the work. His 



answer was: "I wanted the money, 



'lowed he had charge of that woodshed, 

 and I feared I'd no fair privilege to take 

 his job." 



The other moral trait was generosity 

 in burden-bearing, a trait which may in- 

 volve unselfishness itself. For example 

 this: Four men, including John, were 



