「向來你們沒有在我的名裡求什麼，現在你們求，就必得著，叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」－約翰福音16:24
銀行家開始極度關切那些年少從軍的孩子們；每次和他們在街上擦肩而過時，他總以為是自己的兒子。
他荒廢了工作，不顧一切地把大筆大筆的錢財，拿出來照顧傷殘回鄉的軍人。他的親友總是在旁勸說，責備它不該荒廢事業，不該費盡心神的關切軍人。於是他終於決心放下一切關懷的工作。
過了不久，一位穿著殘破軍服的年輕士兵走進了銀行，全身上下儘都是醫藥包裹的痕跡。他伸手探進口袋裡摸索，似乎嘗試著想掏出什麼。銀行家看見了這幅景象，便明白的告訴他：
「朋友，我今天實在抽不出時間接待你，你該去司令部那裡，那些軍官會照顧你。」
傷兵似乎沒聽懂他的說話一般，仍舊在他的口袋中翻來覆去；終於，他找到了一張胡亂皺摺起來的紙條，興高采烈地將這髒污的紙團拿到銀行家眼前，上面用鉛筆的字跡寫著：
「親愛的父親，這是與我同袍的戰友，他在上一場戰役裡受了傷，曾在醫院住過一段時間。請你如接待我一樣的接待他。－查理。」
銀行家的決心，傾刻就消化如水，他馬上帶這孩子回到他的豪宅，引他進到查理的房間，坐上查理的椅子，對他無微不至的呵護照顧，直到他身體因著飲食、休息，和悉心照料漸漸恢復，才送他回到戰場。
－選
"Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24).
During the Civil War, a man had an only son who enlisted in the armies of the Union. The father was a banker and, although he consented to his son's going, it seemed as if it would break his heart to let him go.
He became deeply interested in the soldier boys, and whenever he saw a uniform, his heart went out as he thought of his own dear boy. He spent his time, neglected his business, gave his money to caring for the soldiers who came home invalid. His friends remonstrated with him, saying he had no right to neglect his business and spend so much thought upon the soldiers, so he fully decided to give it all up.
After he had come to this decision, there stepped into his bank one day a private soldier in a faded, worn uniform, who showed in his face and hands the marks of the hospital.
The poor fellow was fumbling in his pocket to get something or other, when the banker saw him and, perceiving his purpose, said to him:
"My dear fellow, I cannot do anything for you today. I am extremely busy. You will have to go to your headquarters; the officers there will look after you."
Still the poor convalescent stood, not seeming to fully understand what was said to him. Still he fumbled in his pockets and, by and by, drew out a scrap of dirty paper, on which there were a few lines written with a pencil, and laid this soiled sheet before the banker. On it he found these words:
"Dear Father: "This is one of my comrades who was wounded in the last fight, and has been in the hospital. Please receive him as myself. --Charlie."
In a moment all the resolutions of indifference which this man made, flew away. He took the boy to his palatial home, put him in Charlie's room, gave him Charlie's seat at the table, kept him until food and rest and love had brought him back to health, and then sent him back again to imperil his life for the flag. --Selected
