A title so clear, as if it were “written with a beam of the sliny;” which no true Englishman in his right wits did ever yet oppose, but one or two foreign pensioners, maintained on purpose abroad to kindle scathfires at home, who gained nothing by the question but to render themselves ridiculous.

Philanthrocapitalism, as it has been called, veers towards tackling symptoms of poverty and distress rather than underlying causes.

Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.

The process of coming to faith and growing in the life of faith is fundamentally a process of participation. […] The Presbyterian Confession of 1967 says that the new life takes shape in a community in which [human beings] know that God loves and accepts them in spite of what they are. In words that capture an older language, God uses the community of faith as means of grace.