The Blessedness of Doing Good
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good…


A Piedmontese nobleman, whom I met at Turin, had not long before experienced its efficacy; and his story, which he told me without reserve, was as follows: "I was weary of life, and, after a day such as few have known, and none would wish to remember, was hurrying along the street to the river, when I felt a sudden check. I turned and beheld a little boy, who had caught the skirt of my cloak in his anxiety to solicit my notice. His look and manner were irresistible; not less so was the lesson he had learned. 'There are six of us, and we are dying for want of food.' 'Why should I not, said I to myself, relieve this wretched family? I have the means, and it will not delay me many minutes. But what if it does?' The scene of misery he conducted me to I cannot describe. I threw them my purse, and their burst of gratitude overcame me; it filled my eyes — it went as a cordial to my heart. 'I will call again tomorrow!' I cried. Fool that I was to think of leaving a world where such pleasure was to be had, and so cheaply!" May many a reader of these lines find in the true romance of London a relief for all hypochondriacal and dyspeptic sorrows.

(C. H. Spurgeon.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

WEB: even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.




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