A Christian man must be strong as well as tender. His word must be pure as gold. His lightest promises must be as sacredly kept as his most solemn engagements. He must be a large hearted, generous man, unselfish, noble spirited, above all suspicion of meanness. He must be scrupulously exact in all his dealings, promptly returning what he has borrowed, paying his debts the very day they are due, never seeking to evade them, never forgetting them, nor postponing payment till the very latest time. He must not be a hard man, close, oppressive, domineering, and despotic. In a word, he must combine unflinching integrity, unvarying promptness and punctuality, and conscientious truthfulness with generosity and liberality.
This reading was taken from Week-Day Religion