...of their goods to God and to the saints, as Ananias, if not all their goods : " Though 1 bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Yea, 7. It is not impossible for some such, being straitly engaged in their credit, to "...

...claims the reputation of virtue or piety, by splendid acts of public beneficence. ' Though I give all my goods to feed the poor and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.' X. BE contented with the station and circumstances in which Providence has placed you. Never...

...than giving away a few old worn out clothes to a beggar. For thus saith Paul ; ' Though I give ALL my goods to feed the poor, and have NOT CHARITY, it profiteth me nothing.' ' And though a man had all Knowledge and all Faith ; so ns to remove mountains, and talk...

...object of charity. I stopped a moment before it, and thought of those words, — " Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Many persons were passing to and fro, when one, who appeared to be the master-workman, addressed...

...mean almsgiving, is evident from the assertion of the apostle, where he says— " Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." The meaning of the term is Lovs, and so it is rendered in many other passages of the New...

...that he had no false notions respecting the merit of acts of beneficence : — " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing:." Mr. Wilson soon had an opportunity of shewing that his sense of pastoral responsibility...

...act the donor with all the promptitude and easy grace of Charity herself. But " though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, . .. and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." The absence of evangelical love is the want of the incense which alone could impart to the...

...mean almsgiving, is evident from the assertion of the apostle, where he says—" Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." The meaning of the term is LOVE, and so it is rendered in many other passages of the New...

...I give alms. — Is that the charity of Christ ? What saith the Scriptures ? " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."c Then I may give alms, and yet have no charity. Yes, because as before, it is a business...

...as if they had determined to make the prodigal experience what St. Paul says, " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor — and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing" (Cor. I. xiii. 3). But when good is done secretly and without ostentation, the benefit as...