...it ought to be but the secondary motive. This is evident from 1 Cor. xiii. 3. " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Whence may be learned these two things : first, that charity in its primary or principal...

...the right spirit, and springs from the right motive, is equally unacceptable to Him ; " for though I give all my goods to feed' the poor, and have not charity," says St. Paul, " It profiteth me nothing." Not the most self-denying sacrifices, the most energetic...

...seen of men."§ The quantity cannot supersede the quality of our actions,— " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." | A work, to be really and scripturally good, must proceed from a right principle, be done...

...desires the favor, or to some thing which needs care and attention. Paul says, "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, — and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." She bestows a great deal of time and labor upon the education of her children. to lay up...

...Scripture to signify alms-giving, but always means love. Paul says as above, verse 3, "though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." This is proof that what ice mean by charity is not what the apostle intended ; for alms-giving...

...lay it out entirely for others ; — what then ? have they forgotten the Apostle's judgment, " though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, I am nothing." How little is it that mere wealth can do for others. How little, for instance, " to...

...thing to be done, is not morally right, he recognizes the principle announced by the apostle : " though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, I am nothing ;" that is, the act must proceed from the controlling principle of moral goodness, called...

...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 nothing"." A man may food the poor for ostentation or vanity, may clothe the naked for his own interest,...

...in vain 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.' XII. EXERCISE incessant vigilance against the dangers and temptations by which you are surrounded,...

...excellence all the commands of God. Whereas the Apostle says, (1 Cor. xiii. 3.) Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Hence it clearly appears that this work, which Bellarmine extols beyond all the commands of...