...the dissolution of the social order as it exists. There is the precept of boundless generosity : " Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away ; " l the precept of absolute non-resistance to physical, legal, and official...

...in hyperboles which must be interpreted by other scriptures, and by the nature of the case. Thus, " Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn thou not away." Very few Christians have carried out this injunction absolutely, or have...

...coat, let go thy cloak also unto him. And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two. Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away ; of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. You have heard that it hath been said, Thou...

...always been to take the actual words of the Gospel and turn them into practice, and did not He say, 'Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away ' — what can be more explicit than that ? It never occurred to me to question...

...To the selfishness of avarice it goes up boldly, even while the miser clutches his gold, and says: "Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." To the selfishness of anger it addresses itself, even when the red spot...

...on the other. And here again grew up a conception of charitable activity direct, simple, concrete. "Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away," was a more immediately practicable ideal when each man knew his neighbor,...

...to her sick and poor neighbors lately with the greater confidence, because of the written verse, " Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." It is true that the inclination to bestow gets edge from the time-honoured...

...let go thy cloak also unto him. 41 And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two. 42 Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. 43 You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. 44 But...

...is benefited ; and we entered into that great humanitarian era when the words were taken literally, "Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away." Then came the great disciplinary era growing out of the evils springing from indiscriminate giving...

...should not make Him known." Apparently confronting my position stands the utterance of The Master, — "Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." And a blessing is pronounced on those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness."...