Q. If the servant professes to be a Christian, ought he not to be as a Christian servant, an example to all other servants of love and obedience to his master?—A. Yes.
Q. And, should his master be a Christian also, ought he not on that account specially to love and obey him?—A. Yes.
Q. But suppose the master is hard to please, and threatens and punishes more than he ought, what is the servant to do?—A. Do his best to please him.
Q. When the servant suffers wrongfully at the hands of his master, and, to please God, takes it patiently, will God reward him for it?—A. Yes.
Q. Is it right for the servant to run away, or is it right to harbor a runaway?—A. No.
Q. What did the Apostle Paul to Onesimus, who was a runaway? Did he harbor him, or send him back to his master?—A. He sent him back to his master with a letter.
Q. Is it any praise to a servant to be punished for his faults, or ought he to think hard of it?—A. No.
Q. Are servants at liberty to tell lies, and deceive their masters?—A. No.
Q. Are they at liberty to steal from their masters?—A. No.
Q. What ought they to show in their whole character and conduct?—A. 'All good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.'