Love of Truth
H. O. Mackay. Colossians 3:9-11 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;… One drizzly March evening, Stonewall Jackson was about to start at dusk for the residence of a friend a mile distant. "Is it imperative that you go to-night?" he was asked. "Not specially so," he replied. "Then why walk a mile in the rain if to-morrow will do as well?" "Well, I was talking with Colonel M this morning, and told him that my conversation with Cadet D was held in barracks on Monday. I have since recollected that it was held on the parade-ground, and that it was on Tuesday." "Does anything depend on this statement?" "Nothing whatever." "Why, in the name of reason, then, do you walk a mile in the rain for a perfectly unimportant thing?" "Simply because I have discovered it was a misstatement, and I could not sleep comfortably to-night unless I corrected it." And go he did. (H. O. Mackay.) Parallel Verses KJV: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; WEB: Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,