Many men think they can rely in a general way upon fate or fortune to
square their moral accounts, but in the long run a man must face his
record.
Mr. Moody tells of a young couple who on commencing to keep
house started to keep an account of their family expenses. After
a few months the young husband said to his wife: “Darling, I’ll
spend the evening at home to-night, and we will look over the
account together.” The young husband found frequent entries
like this: “G.K.W., one dollar and a half”; and a little later
on, “G.K.W., two dollars”; and after a little, “G.K.W., three
dollars.” Becoming a little suspicious, he demanded, “Who is
this ‘G.K.W.’ you have spent so much on?” “Oh,” said she, “I
never could make the accounts come out right, so I lumped all
together that wouldn’t balance, and called it G.K.W.--Goodness
Knows What!” (Text.)--LOUIS ALBERT BANKS.
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