SOME years before England abolished slavery in her dominions, a negro who was a slave, but who had come to know and love the Lord Jesus, was put up for sale in one of the West India Islands. A kind master, who pitied his condition, and did not want him to fall into the hands of a cruel owner, went up to him and said, "Sambo, if I buy you, will you be honest?"
With a look that I have no power to describe, says the gentleman, the boy replied,
"Massa, I will be honest, whether you buy me or not."
That was a noble answer.
Messages of the Love of God 8/31/1958