Let the Other Do It

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There is an incipient danger in thinking, since there are so many belonging to the Church, “Why not let George do it?” An eastern story tells of four brothers who decided to have a feast. As wine was rather expensive, they agreed that each one should bring an equal quantity and add it to the common stock. One of the brothers thought he might escape making his contribution by bringing water instead of wine. “It won’t be noticed in the common wine jar,” he reasoned. But when, at the feast, the wine was poured out, it turned out not to be wine at all but plain water. All four brothers had thought alike. Each one had said, “Let the other do it.”

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