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Page 213 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 212 - At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates ; and the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee), and the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied...
Page 227 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Page 227 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Page 154 - Feeble-minded"- — ie, persons who may be capable of earning a living under favorable circumstances, but are incapable from mental defect existing from birth or from an early age — (a) of competing on equal terms with their normal fellows ; or (b) of managing themselves and their affairs with ordinary prudence.
Page 213 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 153 - Idiots, that is to say, persons so deeply defective in mind from birth or from an early age as to be unable to guard themselves against common physical dangers.
Page 172 - ... not only live in idleness themselves, but also carry about with them at their tails...
Page 147 - If the parent or parents of such dependent or neglected child are poor and unable to properly care for the said child, but are otherwise proper guardians and it is for the welfare of such child to remain at home, the court may enter an order finding such facts and fixing the amount of money necessary to enable the parent or parents to properly care for such child, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the County...
Page 144 - THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. To the Public : This society has taken its origin in the deeply settled feeling of our citizens, that something must be done to meet the increasing crime and poverty among the destitute children of New York. Its objects are to help this class, by opening Sunday meetings and industrial schools, and gradually, as means shall be furnished, by forming lodging-houses and reading-rooms for children, and by employing paid agents, whose sole business shall be to care for them.