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Charity is the perfection and the ornament of religion. - Joseph Addison Shall we repine at a little misplaced charity--we who could no way foresee the effect--when an all-knowing, all-wise Being showers down every day His benefits on the unthankful and undeserving? - Francis Atterbury Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ Himself. - Francis Atterbury We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity. - Henry Ward Beecher Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy. - Owen Felltham (Feltham) I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt. - Ben Hecht Are we not to pity and supply the poor, though they have no relation to us? No relation? That cannot be. The Gospel styles them all our brethren. - Thomas Sprat
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