| John Miller - 1830 - 544 Seiten
...words which make us understand, that our admission to the excellent way does not depend on them. " Though I give all my goods " to feed the poor, and have not charity, it pro" fiteth me nothing." The rule then evidently is for every class alike, the excellent way is universally... | |
| Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 Seiten
...had heavy woes denounced against them by the Saviour. And an apostle affirms, " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."* That mercy and beneficence which are evidential of true godliness, and which Christ has... | |
| 1832 - 324 Seiten
...indulgence and forgiveness. In short, ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' IX. BE faithful and conscientious in the discharge of all duties which...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... | |
| William Guthrie - 1833 - 264 Seiten
...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 "... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1833 - 702 Seiten
...of his Son. Nor is any work of piety or charity properly a good work, unless it be a heart work ; if I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not lore seated in my heart, it profits nothing. It was a principle of care that actuated him in this service.... | |
| John Fletcher - 1833 - 600 Seiten
...works are only their least iniquities. " Without me," says our Saviour, " you can do nothing." " If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not love," true faith, working by love, says St. Paul, " I am nothing." And now what good works can the... | |
| Lorenzo Dow - 1834 - 268 Seiten
...in something more 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... | |
| Lorenzo Dow - 1834 - 264 Seiten
...like an angel; and hare not Charity, he would be only a sounding brass, and a tinkling Cymbal. ' • Though I give ALL my goods to feed the poor, and have KOT CHARITT, it profiteth me nothing." Charity does not consist In NAME, nor in the outward form ;... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 598 Seiten
...on this topic, for it is one of deep importance, Hnd must awful responsibility.] CHARITY. XI. " And though I give all my goods to feed the poor . . . and have not charity, it proflteth me nothing."—1 Cor. xiii. NOTWITHSTANDING the humbling conclusions to which my mind was... | |
| Edwin Sidney - 1835 - 516 Seiten
...things as these, you see, have nothing in them of the nature of love. So truly might St. Paul say, " though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity ;" where he flatly insists, that a man may give away all his goods, and have no charity. What is this... | |
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