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Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
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.
In Faith and Hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.
In Faith and Hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.
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?
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And read more
They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball.