What we frankly give, forever is our own.

What we frankly give, forever is our own.

The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].

The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].

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.

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

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

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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.

Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."

Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

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?