Success Comes Only Through Honesty

Improvement Era, vol. 22, no. 5, March 1919, p. 387

Peery, Joseph S.

By Joseph S. Peery, Superintendent Y. M. M. I. A., Liberty Stake

Emerson said: "It is not very important to me that some- body else cheats me, but it is very important to me that I do not cheat somebody else." A young man may "put it over" another in business once, but he can not do it twice. A dishonest act destroys confidence. The news travels, and every one is afraid to trust a person who has shown himself to be unreliable. Competition is so keen, young man, that only through honesty can you hope to succeed. Be four-square in all your dealings, and you will get the approval of yourself and the com- munity. Of greater importance, is Eternal Judgment on our every deed. "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good" (Prov. 15:3). The Almighty will not look upon dishonest and unrighteous acts with impunity.