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Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no read more
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in
heaven.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he read more
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad
When he put on his clothes.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight,
And poverty stood smiling in my sight.
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight,
And poverty stood smiling in my sight.
Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Under the sun.
Oh! it was pitiful!
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Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Under the sun.
Oh! it was pitiful!
Near a whole city full,
Home had she none.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]