Charity

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"Be patient; be sober; be temperate; have patience, faith, hope and charity."
"Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love."
"Charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things"
Charity is the "pure love of Christ."
"If ye have not charity ye are nothing, for charity never faileth."
Pray to be filled with charity.
"except men shall have charity they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared"
"if the Gentiles have not charity, because of our weakness, that thou wilt prove them, and take away their talent"
"A new commandment I give unto you ... love one another; ... By this shall men know that ye are my disciples ..."
"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales, "The Vagabonds"
An interesting tale where an innkeeper is treated poorly for rendering aid to unsavory characters. He swears to not do so again.
Properties of Charity.
Charity is greater than Faith and Hope.
  • Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 143
Charity should operate in our conferences so that we do not offend the Spirit.
Those who seek to build themselves up and neglect the poor cannot be benefitted by the intercessions of the Spirit.

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