A DAILY MESSAGE
HELP H J IV! TO KEEP SQUARE ! When a. man errs—and pays—lie’s square. And if you are square, you nil! help him to keep square. In any case,, who are you to shrug shoulders as he goes by ? Try to remember Unit lie has done bis “time” and you have not done yours .... yet. Anyhow, why should you, judge;’ There’s only one .Judge—and when He sits in judgment there may he a heavy penalty waiting for you. Tho law-courts —down here—do not deal with some of the very worstcrimes. Maybe there is a place where “ success,” achieved by knavery, will meet a heavy penalty; where treachery will he counted one of the blackest offences agauist Ihe law; where the destruction of human character hv defamation will receive' as heavy a penally as the destruction of human life by violence; whore the man who lias
“squared up” will find a higher seat, than many a fellow who missed his penalty down here. Don’t shrug your shoulders —you are not through yet. When the other inflow errs- pays—and squares—why not help to keep square-?
—M. PRESTON STANLEY
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1928, Page 1
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188A DAILY MESSAGE Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1928, Page 1
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