Few men ever carried out so fully the injunction, not to let the left hand know what the right hand did, in the quiet and steady outflow of good will and good works, as Mr. Letters to Young Ladies - Page 205by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1837 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Parker - Bible - 1893 - 472 pages
...men profess that their benefactions are known to none but God and the recipients. Others determine not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth ; and this is by no means an unwise policy where the right hand is doing nothing, and therefore has... | |
| Henry Parry Liddon - Sermons, English - 1897 - 396 pages
...greatness among His Apostles ; by selecting the widow and her mite for especial honour ; and by His counsel not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. We understand this, like all other deep moral teaching, only so far as we endeavour to act upon it.... | |
| Johns Dempster Parker - Sunday - 1900 - 162 pages
...not abolish the Institution any more than benevolence was done away when alms-givers were admonished "not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth" ; or prayer was forbidden when Christ rebuked the Pharisees for praying on the corners of the streets.... | |
| Railroads - 1910 - 814 pages
...the daily press and let the world know just how good we are, bnt rather practice the old doctrine, "Not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth." I am sorry, though, about my postuni, and I wish you had not mentioned it in print, for a few of us... | |
| Calhoun County (Mich.) - 1904 - 728 pages
...spirit, but though he gave much in charity he always did it in the spirit of Him who admonished us not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. It mattered not who was in need he was always ready to assist and he realized that the truest happiness... | |
| Samuel T. Black - Imperial County (Calif.) - 1913 - 702 pages
...benevolent projects and also gave liberally in private charity. He almost literally followed the scriptural injunction not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth and never made boast of his kindly aid extended in an hour of need. In Livingston county, New York,... | |
| Samuel T. Black - San Diego County (Calif.) - 1913 - 668 pages
...benevolent projects and also gave liberally in private charity. He almost literally followed the scriptural injunction not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth and never made boast of his kindly aid extended in an hour of need. In Livingston county, New York,... | |
| William Henry Atherton - Montréal (Québec) - 1914 - 696 pages
...was of a most charitable disposition but he gave in a quiet, unassuming manner, following the mandate not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. Again and again his gifts of charity were known only to the recipients. On the igth of April, 1850,... | |
| William Henry Atherton - Montréal (Québec) - 1914 - 718 pages
...was of a most charitable disposition but he gave in a quiet, unassuming manner, following the mandate not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. Again and again his gifts of charity were known only to the recipients. On the 19th of April, 1850,... | |
| American Gas Institute - Gas - 1917 - 686 pages
...departments, there immediately springs up a certain condition which follows very closely the scriptural injunction not to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. The very best means of keeping down this condition is the systematic issuing of bulletins... | |
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