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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things,
charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; read more
In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things,
charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; in omnibus,
caritas.]
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
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.
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
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 silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
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In silence, . . .
Steals on soft-handed Charity,
Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,
By time and place,
Till not a woe the bleak world see,
But finds her grace.
