| 1842 - 612 pages
...man may give away all he possesses, and yet be totally destitute of charity ; " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." So again, is it perfectly distinct from natural affection and friendship — for charity... | |
| John William Cunningham - English fiction - 1815 - 318 pages
...presume, include the apostles and fathers of the church. St. Paul, on the contrary, says, ' If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and ' have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.' He took the portrait of Charity warm from a divine original, and therefore made philanthropy... | |
| William Guthrie - Conversion - 1815 - 262 pages
...the saints, as Ananias, Acts v. 1, 2. if not all their goods ; 1 Cor. xiii. 3. " Though I 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, t» "... | |
| John William Cunningham - Religion - 1816 - 242 pages
...include the apostles and fathers of the church. St. Paul, on the contrary, says, ' If I give •' all my goods to feed the poor, and have ' not charity, it profiteth me nothing.' He took the portrait of Charity warm from a divine original, and therefore made philanthropy... | |
| John Evans - 1822 - 350 pages
...nothing. Lastly, " brotherly kindness, when separated from it, goes " unrewarded: — Though I bestow all my goods to feed " the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me no" thing. But in this Love and Charity, as the same " apostle tells us, are comprised all the efficacies... | |
| John Chappel Woodhouse - 1865 - 118 pages
...into social life all those qualities to which St. Paul refers, when he says, " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." She died July 13, 1819, aged 56. Also, of HENRY WHITE, Sacrist of this Cathedral ; the Parochial... | |
| Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 1823 - 574 pages
...hypocritically and outwardly performed, upon ill principles, or upon no principles. " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the " poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing6." A man may feed the poor for ostentation or vanity, may clothe the naked for his own interest,... | |
| John Evans - Christian life - 1825 - 568 pages
...be such actions without a right principle, when he tells us, 1 Cor. xiii. 3. " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." This is one of the strongest evidences whereby one man can proceed in his judgment of another,... | |
| Congregational churches - 1830 - 690 pages
...supposition, which bears with great clearness and force upon the point in hand. " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."* This statement of the Apostle could have no force — it would not be intelligible, if the... | |
| Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - Christian life - 1831 - 348 pages
...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... | |
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