THE SALT OF CHARITY.
. The rabbi in the Holy City's streets , Met, clothed in the garments of the poor, The chUd of one whose, wealth was known to all. 1 And as she picked the scanty scattered grains ; From off the dusty pathway of the street, , He said to her: Tsaughtsr, why this trade For one whose playthings were once made of 1 gold? ■ Where are thy father's boasted: riches now f ' Then said the maiden with a saddened heart: » " Amidst my father's store of corn and oil (Alas, that I who loved him have to say!) The salt was wanting that would keep it sweet. 1 h 'or things unsalted haste to putrefy, 1 And charity keeps riches from decay. This did my father lack, and therefore I • Pick from the street the scattered grain for food. ' 'Tis salt of charity keeps riches pure; \ So from my sorrow may a proverb rise, I And rich men be the stewards of the poor." ' —W. E. A. Axon, in 'Triibner's Record.'
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Evening Star, Issue 9582, 31 December 1894, Page 3 (Supplement)
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170THE SALT OF CHARITY. Evening Star, Issue 9582, 31 December 1894, Page 3 (Supplement)
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