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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.
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.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
Charity sees the need, not the cause.
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?
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a read more
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
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.
