No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity.

No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of
Christian charity.

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, read more

Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

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.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to read more

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is
good and acceptable before God.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

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

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

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays read more

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.