Be charitable

Of course men should be charitable, because it is a duty and a pleasure.

But even as a matter of policy, if you possess no higher incentive, you will find that the liberal man will command patronage, while the sordid, uncharitable miser will be avoided.

Solomon says: 'While some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, and it tends to poverty.' Of course the only true charity is that which is from the heart.


The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help
themselves.

Promiscuous alms giving, without inquiring into the worthiness of the applicant, is bad in every sense.

But to search out and quietly assist those who are struggling for themselves, is the kind that 'scatter, and yet increase' But don't fall into the idea that some persons practice, of giving a prayer instead of a potato, and a benediction instead of bread, to the hungry. It is easier to make Christians with full stomachs than empty.