If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his read more

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was read more

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

In silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
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In silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
By time and place,
Till not a woe the bleak world see,
But finds her grace.