He was something better.

He was a just and honest man who never lied, who never defrauded the poor because they were poor, and who kept his contract with the Lord his God to the last farthing.

I hope to see his sons and his sons' sons keep the covenant their father made for them.

I do that.

It would break my heart if they did not!" Then John rose to his feet, precisely as he would have done if his father had entered the room, and he answered, "Mother, I joined hands with father six years ago on this subject.