No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they read more

No farther seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
(There they alike in trembling hope repose),
The bosom of his Father and his God.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that
charity begins at home"
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I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that
charity begins at home"
And his, I presume., is of that domestic sort which never stirs
abroad at all.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? read more

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the read more

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in

And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be read more

And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing.

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.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.