Emphasis Preaching Journal

As a boy, Sir Walter Scott was left weak and lame by an attack of fever. Some misjudged him and thought he would never amount to much. When he became a teenager, he visited in a home where famous literary guests were being entertained, including the poet Robert Burns. In one room was a picture under which was written a bit of beautiful verse. Burns asked who wrote it and reluctantly Scott admitted his authorship by quoting the rest of the poem.