Can any alms be better bestowed than those which are given to have the poor relieved, the sick visited, the afflicted and sorrowing, soothed and consoled, the ignorant instructed, and the seeds of virtue planted in the youthful breast? Can any alms be more meritorious than those which tend to preserve the soul from eternal ruin?

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