June 2, 2026

The Wealthy Man’s Promise

A great and wealthy man pub­lished abroad an of­fer to pay the debts of any who would come and ask of him. Most re­fused, for fear their pover­ty would be made known. Oth­ers re­fused be­cause they doubt­ed his wealth and gen­eros­i­ty, and in so do­ing they great­ly in­sult­ed the man. But some came, and he was faith­ful to his word: all of their debts were paid and they be­came wealthy be­yond mea­sure.