THE PHILANTHROPIC SHOEMAKER.
“His virtues walked their narrow round,
Nor made a pause, nor left a void;
And sure the Eternal Master found
His single talent well employed.”
—Dr. Samuel Johnson.
“A young lady once said to him, ‘O Mr. Pounds, I wish you were rich, you would do so much good!’ The old man paused a few seconds and then replied, ‘Well, I don’t know; if I had been rich I might, perhaps, have been much the same as other rich people. This I know, there is not now a happier man in England than John Pounds; and I think ’tis best as it is.’”—Memoir of John Pounds, p. 12.
“As unknown, and yet well known; ... as poor, yet making many rich.”—The Apostle Paul. 2 Cor. vi. 9, 10.
“Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.”—Our Lord Jesus Christ. Matt. xxv. 40.