Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.

Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.

All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent read more

All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour,
She stood as a marble would stand,
Then the Saviour bent down, and the Saviour
In silence wrote on in the sand.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.

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.

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

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

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the read more

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work ;we are in.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves. for
charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves. for
charity shall cover the multitude of sins.