“If our brother be in want and you can’t help him, you need not make doubt of what you should do; if thou love God you must help him.”
John Winthrop (1588-1649), founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, in “A Model of Christian Charity” written in 1630 aboard the Arbella.
Though I had read this some time ago, it was shared with me afresh this week by my good friend, Tom Assmus, who along with his wife, Sherry, are models of Christian charity to us. It is a great read! To download it, visit: https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=443