Holy Memorial Day<\/i><\/p>\n
Book of Judgement Chapter 8<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Chapter 8<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Hear my words, O man, and be considerate of the justice of thy Creator. 2. These are my exhibits which I place before thee, that thou shalt not err: 3. And thou be a rich man, and adorn a city by donating unto it a park, with statuary and 4. For in whatsoever thou givest, thou shalt consider, first, the lowest of the low, whether 5. And thou be a rich man and contribute a house for the orphans or for the helpless and 6. But so far as thou doeth this for the applause of men, thou detracteth from the rate of 7. Neither doth such a good work help thee more than the poor man helpeth his own 8. For thy resurrection dependeth not on the quantity thou givest, but as to whether thou 9. For he who giveth a penny may be raised up more by so doing, than he that giveth ten 10. A certain rich man, being converted from the desires of earth, went about casting his 11. And some gathered it up, and fed and clothed themselves; others took of it, and went 12. The measure of righteousness of that man’s behavior was not in giving what he had to 13. And where he lowered the grade of them that received this money, or where he 14. He who giveth, saying: Here, thou beggar! doeth a good corporeal act, but an evil 15. A certain rich man, being converted to do good works, went and built a score of souphouses to feed the poor gratuitously. 16. And all the poor people of that town went therein and were fed. But the next year, 17. But the next year, there were still twice as many poor people to feed; but the rich man<\/span> 18. Judgment is therefore rendered against that man for his supposed beneficence. 19. For, whilst he did a little corporeal good, he did a great spiritual wrong, because he 20. A rich man founded a place of labor for the poor, who had nothing to eat and nowhere 21. The Creator hath given you hands to work with; come ye, be men and women. 22. And they went and worked and earned their living. 23. Judgment is rendered in favor of that man, for he raised the spiritual grade of the 24. Let thy charity be to the sick and helpless, but be thou wise in directing the ablebodied to help themselves. 25. For all charity tendeth to lower the self-respect of the receiver, and casteth him lower 26. Certain ones depend on alms, not having either sickness nor yet strong bodies. 27. When thou givest them regularly, they depend on thee. These become beggars in the 28. That which thou givest them accounteth against thine own grade. Better is it for thee 29. To do this tenderly and mercifully, is a great virtue; to do it cruelly, is a great crime. 30. Consider not so much what thou shalt do to raise thine own grade, but what thou canst 31. Remember, all men and women are thy brothers and sisters, and thou shalt labor to Holy Memorial Day Book of Judgement Chapter 8 Chapter 8 1. Hear my words, O man, and be considerate of the justice of thy Creator. 2. These are my exhibits which I place before thee, that thou shalt not err: 3. 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\npleasure-walks, hoping to glorify thyself thereby, and be praised by men; therein thyself
\nburieth thyself in the first resurrection. And the act lowereth thy grade instead of raising
\nit.
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\nthey have bread to eat, and a place to sleep: And the sick, whether they have attendance
\nand good provision.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\naged who cannot help themselves, it raiseth thee in grade.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthy beneficence.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\ngrade by assisting one poor orphan.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\ngivest according to what thou hast. Of which matter thou shalt judge thyself.
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\ntimes ten thousand.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nmoney freely in the streets, and in giving to whosoever asked him therefore.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nand got drunk, and became worse than before.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe poor, but in the good and evil that came of it, being weighed, as to which outbalanced
\nthe other.
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\nlowered a greater number than he raised, there his act of casting the money away was a
\njudgment against him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nspiritual act. He lifteth up with one hand, but knocketh down with the other. Such an act
\ndetracteth from the grade of that man.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nbehold, there were twice as many poor. And the rich man built another score of souphouses, and they were all fed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nhad exhausted his means, and could feed none at all.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nlowered the grade of manhood and womanhood in those that he fed. His benevolence
\npromoted dependence.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nto sleep. And he said unto them:
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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\npoor. This is a beneficence that extendeth into heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nin the grades in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNevertheless, were they aroused, they could support themselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nlowest grades in heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nand for them, that thou arouse them from their degradation.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndo to raise the grade of those within thy reach.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nmake them make themselves a glory unto the Creator.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"