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The living need charity more than the dead.
The living need charity more than the dead.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
He is truly great who hath a great 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.
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.
It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never read more
It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never love from charity?
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to read more
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is
good and acceptable before God.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to read more
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.