Charity Quote by Francis Atterbury

“Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.” quote by Francis Atterbury — Download Open image

“Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.”

Francis Atterbury

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A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good.

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The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead.

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Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.

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