" He that is FAITHFUL. The
unjust steward was commended for acting wisely. Now, it seems the way to
act wisely is to act faithfully--that is honestly. Our Lord bids us copy
the unjust steward, and make ourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness. Now, it seems, He tells us that the way to make friends
of men by money transactions is to deal faithfully and honestly by them.
This then was perhaps why the Lord commended the unjust steward, because
he had been converted in time, and seen his true interest; and for once
at least in his life become just. He had found out that after all,
honesty is the best policy; as God grant all of us may find out if any of
us have not found it out already. Honesty is the best policy.
Faithfulness, as our Lord calls it, is the true wisdom. And in that, as
our Lord says, the children of this world are wiser in their generation
than the children of light. The children of this world, the plain
worldly men of business, find that to conduct their business they must be
faithful, diligent, punctual, accurate, cautious, business-like.
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