"He came for the wood in his necessity one day. The Governor looked at him pleasantly.
"'Why did you not come to me before?'"
Josiah Franklin looked around on the group at the fireside, and opened the family Bible.
"Do you think that the Governor did right, Brother Ben?"
"Well, it isn't altogether clear to me."
"Father would have done as he did. He hindered no one, but helped every one. He saw life on that side."
"Well, little Ben, what have you to say?"
"The Governor looked upon the heart, didn't he? He felt for the man. Would it not be better for all to look that way? The worth of life depends upon those we help, lift, and make, not in those we destroy. I like the old Governor, I do, and I am sorry that there are not many more like him. That seems like a Luke story, father. Read a story from Luke."
Josiah read a story from Luke.