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I. HUMAN BENEFICENCE HAS ITS CLAIMANTS.

1. What you have is given in trust.

2. It is given you for distribution.

II. HUMAN BENEFICENCE IS ONLY LIMITED BY INCAPACITY. Our power is the measure of our obligation.

III. HUMAN BENEFICENCE SHOULD EVER BE PROMPT IN ITS SERVICES.

1. Because the postponement of any duty is a sin in itself.

2. Because the neglect of a benevolent impulse is injurious to self.

3. Because the claimant may seriously suffer by a delay of your help.

IV. HUMAN BENEFICENCE EXCLUDES ALL UNKINDNESS OF HEART. True charity thinketh no evil. A selfish heart is an evil desire.

(D. Thomas, D. D.)

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KJV: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

WEB: Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.