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No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity.
No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity.
Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays read more
Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,
And opens in each heart a little Heaven.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as read more
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a read more
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
