Augustus Cæsar died A.D. 14.
James Watt died 1819.
Robert Bloomfield died 1823.
Honore Balzac died 1850.
It is written not, "Blessed is he that feedeth the poor," but
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor." And you know a little
thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal
of money.
--John Ruskin.
So pity never leaves the gentle breast
Where love has been received a welcome guest;
As wandering saints poor huts have sacred made,
He hallows every heart he once has swayed,
And, when his presence we no longer share,
Still leaves compassion as a relic there.
--Thomas Sheridan.
If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, and one
of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet
ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it
profit?
--James 2. 16.
Tender Father, help me to consider those who receive the crust of
bread at my door; for if it be needed it is asked for by sad and
desperate lives. Make me conscious of thy mercy and help, that I may
be considerate for the one with the outstretched hand. Amen.