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Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
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Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,
And opens in each heart a little Heaven.
And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians].
And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians].
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
He is truly great who hath a great charity.
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.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
