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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.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense
True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man read more
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity
there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by
it.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just read more
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in read more
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service
