It is a whole good, unobstructed from the Lord Himself. It
is lovely; it is innocent; it is agreeable, and heavenly. The Lord is
in it, and heaven. Good itself is in it. It is alive, fashioned of
truths. Whatever is thus from good, in good, and toward good, is
nothing less than a use to the neighbor, and hence it is a serving.
It puts away self and what is one's own, and thus evil, with every
breath. Its form is like the form of a charming and beautifully
colored flower, shining in the rays of the sun.
--_The Doctrine of Charity, n._ 150
THE MAN OF CHARITY
Every man who looks to the Lord and shuns evils as sins, if he
sincerely, justly and faithfully performs the work which belongs to
his office and employment, becomes an embodiment of charity.
--_The Doctrine of Charity_, VII
In common belief charity is nothing else than giving to the poor,
succoring the needy, caring for widows and orphans, contributing to
the building of hospitals, infirmaries, asylums, orphanages, and
especially churches, and to their decoration and income. But most of
these things are not the proper activities of charity, but extraneous
to it.
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