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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Clothed in the Bonds of Charity



Clothed in the bonds of charity
There is unity and peace
For in the heart there's such purity
That to our minds virtue does increase

And as with a mantle
We are ever changed
We take care to handle
How our thoughts exchange

And as we've been sent
We become of one mind
For love is patient
And forever kind

Shall we boast
Or take offense?
One does not gloat
O'er another man's sins

But delights
In truth and hope
There to endure
And ever cope

Let us judge all
Not by behaviors
But by the unconditional call
Extended by the Savior

Then for strength we'll pull
While we judge the sin
And with charity full
There's a path to begin

For we love our neighbor
And hope they feel likewise
There to help one another
To see through Christ-like eyes

The Bonds of Charity
Carolyn Rasmus
D&C 88:125
Clothe yourselves with the bond of charity

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gs/c/17?sr=1
The pure love of Christ (Moro. 7: 47); the love that Christ has for the children of men and that the children of men should have for one another (2 Ne. 26: 30; 33: 7-9; Ether 12: 33-34); the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection.
Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies, 1 Cor. 8: 1. Charity, a pure love, excels and exceeds almost all else, 1 Cor. 13. The end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, 1 Tim. 1: 5. Add to brotherly kindness charity, 2 Pet. 1: 7. The Lord has commanded that all men should have charity, 2 Ne. 26: 30 (Moro. 7: 44-47). See that ye have faith, hope, and charity, Alma 7: 24. The love that the Lord has for men is charity, Ether 12: 33-34. Without charity men cannot inherit that place prepared in the Father’s mansions, Ether 12: 34 (Moro. 10: 20-21). Moroni wrote Mormon’s words on faith, hope, and charity, Moro. 7. Charity qualifies men for the Lord’s work, D&C 4: 5-6 (D&C 12: 8). Clothe yourselves with the bond of charity, D&C 88: 125. Let thy bowels be full of charity, D&C 121: 45.

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