p. 182 | CHARITY by J. C. Clemens

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 7, 1876

CHARITY

By J. C. Clemens

How blest the spot where charity Doth find a dwelling-place! How barren is the man who lacks This most essential grace!

Patience and meekness are combined By charity in one. Duty with joy completes the work That charity begun.

Let brethren all among themselves Have fervent charity, For so a multitude of sins Shall surely covered be.

All other gifts we may possess, Yet, if in this we fail, Faith, hope, and wisdom, all combined Will be of no avail.

Faith, hope, and charity, abide, But charity is chief. O let us with these graces rare, Make perfect our belief.

J. C. CLEMENS.