IF YOU ARE ONLY HONEST
It is not best to try to still the voice of conscience by repeating the popular maxim, "If you are only honest, that is all."
The mill was doing a great business that day, when Jack and David Jamison rode up with their bag of corn to be ground. They lived on a small farm five miles off the main road, and were not sorry at the prospect of waiting several hours for their grist.
This would give them a chance of seeing something of the liveliness and bustle of "The Corner," as that part of the village was called, where stood the tavern, the store, and the mill.
Jack and David had plenty of time, and they ran about a great deal, here and there, and saw and heard many things.
At last, a heavy shower coming on, they went back to the mill to eat their lunch, and to inquire when their turn would come.
There they found the miller's son and the son of the squire engaged in earnest conversation, which soon took Jack's attention. The miller's son was urging upon the squire's son the importance of a correct understanding of the Bible. But the squire's son only insisted that "It doesn't matter what a man believes, if he is only sincere."