9781787802858 by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous [Anonymous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHARITY

Qua nihil majus meliusve terris

Fata donavêre, bonique divi;

Nec dabunt, quamvis redeant in aurum

Tempora priscum.

Hor. lib. iv. Ode 2.

THE ARGUMENT

Invocation to Charity—Social ties—Tribute to the humanity of Captain Cook—His character contrasted with that of Cortez, the conquer of Mexico—Degradation of Spain—Purpose of commerce—Gifts of art—The slave-trade and slavery—Slavery unnatural and unchristian—The duty of abating the woes of that state, and of enlightening the mind of the slave, enforced—Apostrophe to Liberty—Charity of Howard—Pursuits of philosophy—Reason learns nothing aright without the lamp of Revelation—True charity the offspring of divine truth—Supposed case of a blind nation and an optician—Portrait of Charity—Beauty of the Apostle's definition of it—Alms as the means of lulling conscience—Pride and ostentation motives of charity—Character of satire—True charity inculcated—Christian charity should be universal—Happy effects that would result from universal charity.

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