 | 1849 - 728 דפים
...we may be enabled to exercise works of mercy. Thou givest bread to the hungry : but better it were that none hungered, and thou hadst none to give to. Thou clothest the naked : oh that all were clothed, and this need existed not ! Thou buriest the dead : oh that it were come at last, that... | |
 | 1888 - 606 דפים
...we may be en-abled to practise works of mercy. Thou givest bread to the hungry: but better it were that none hungered, and thou hadst none to give to. Thou clothest the naked: oh that all were clothed, and this need existed not ! Thou buriest the dead: oh that it were come at last, that... | |
 | 1888 - 606 דפים
...that we may be enabled to practise works of mercy. Thou givest bread to the hungry: but better it were nd the Word was God." How has man eaten the bread of angels? "And the Word was made fles were clothed, and this need existed not ! Thou buriest the dead: oh that it were come at last, that... | |
 | Roady Kenehan - 1917 - 614 דפים
...large modern Cathedral had in it the soul of. St. Augustine's saying: "Thou gavest bread to the poor ; but better were it that none hungered and thou hadst none to give to him." After a pause the thoughtful priest continued : "You can't solve this question altogether by... | |
 | Melvin Linwood Severy - 1908 - 636 דפים
...ought not to wish men to be wretched that we may be enabled to practice works of mercy. Thou glvest bread to the hungry, but better were it that none...the works of mercy will be at an end, but shall the ardour of charity be quenched? With a truer touch of love thou lovest the happy man to whom there is... | |
 | 1910 - 918 דפים
...and after all it was not a socialist but that ancient friend of the poor, St. Augustine, who said, "Thou givest bread to the hungry, but better were...that none hungered and thou had'st none to give to him." Five hundred years ago John Ball, looking out over England, tells us that he saw "the great treading... | |
 | National Conference on Social Welfare - 1910 - 716 דפים
...and after all it was not a socialist, but that ancient friend of the poor, St. Augustine, who said "thou givest bread to the hungry, but better were it that none hungered and thou had'st no need to give to him." Five hundred years ago John Ball, looking out over England, tells us that... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1911 - 346 דפים
...and after all, it was not a socialist, but that ancient friend of the poor, St. Augustine, who said : 'Thou givest bread to the hungry, but better were it that none hungered and thou hadst none to give him.' " SOME FEATURES OF OBLIGATORY INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE BY JAMES HARRINGTON BOYD, D.Sc., Chairman... | |
 | Mary Augusta Laselle - 1913 - 468 דפים
...seem to hear coming down the long corridor of time the voice of Saint Augustine saying: "Thou gavest bread to the hungry, but better were it That none hungered and thou hadst none to give him." You tell this to Arby and his reply is: "Well, whadda ya know about that? I s'posed that was... | |
 | Scott Nearing - 1913 - 264 דפים
...making lighter the burden of his fellow. This, however, is not the whole duty of man. "It is good that thou givest bread to the hungry, but better were it that none hungered, and that thou hadst none to give." It is well to be neighborly; it is better to be just. Not as an individual,... | |
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We ought not to wish men to be wretched that we may be enabled to practise works of mercy. Thou givest bread to the hungry, but better were it that none hungered and thou hadst none to give to. 
