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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
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the read more
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
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.
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to read more
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
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.