40 CHARITY.

much more to be said of it. The Bible tells
us that it covers a multitude of sins, which
means, that a person who has true charity »
will seek rather to hide than to display the
faults of others.

Alas, how unhappy should we be, if God,
who looketh on the heart; and sees all our
motives, were not more kind and charitable
to us, than we are to our fellow-men! If
we would hope for mercy above, let us prac-
tise it here below.