...principle and intention with which it is performed. In the virtue before us the apoftle plainly fuppofes, that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet want charity : and, on the other hand, our blefled Saviour hath declared, that whofo fhall give a cup...

...will cover, or abolifh, the multitude of his fins. We are told by another of the Infpired Apoftles, that " we may give all our " goods to feed the poor, and yet not have " true charity." The charity therefore mentioned in both thefe places, muft be very different...

...while our souls are at a distance from God, charity is but lost expence. Indeed the Apostle tells us, that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet it shall profit us nothing. Nay, there is yet a nobler sacrifice than all these, I mean martyrdom,...

...relief; and if this can be effected by a slight sacrifice, we make it cheerfully* But St. Paul says, we " may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet may not have true charity." We must endeavour to do good in other ways, to the souls as well as bodies...

...Christian charity, or Divine love in the heart. It consists not in mere alms-giving ; — for he declares that we may give all our goods to feed the poor and yield our bodies to be burned in their behalf, and yet be destitute of this Christian grace of charity....

...superfluities, for the guilt of their former sins, let us remind them that the Word of God declares, that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet be devoid of charity, and that without charity we are but " as sounding brass, or as a tinkling cymbal."...

...this depends, rather, on the state of mind from which his doings have proceeded. St. Paul assures us, that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and our body to be burned, as an act of charity, and yet be without charity. The apostle clearly supposes,...

...this depends rather on the state of mind from which his doings have proceeded. St. Paul assures us, that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and our body to be burned, as an act of charity, and yet be without charity. The apostle clearly supposes,...

...faith, and repentance, and sanctification from on high. Recollect that charity is not all in externals ; that we may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet possess it not. Think of this, and seek a better foundation whereon to trust than the feeble dependence...

...often misunderstood and used improperly, as if it meant only giving of alms: whereas St. Paul says, "We may give all our goods to feed the poor, and yet not have charity at all." What then is true charity, and how shall we most decidedly prove our heartfelt...