If you cannot relieve, do not grieve the poor. Give them soft words, if nothing else. Abstain from either sour looks or harsh words. Let them be glad to come, even though they should go empty away. Put yourself in the place of every poor man and deal with him as you would God should deal with you.
~ John Wesley, instructions to stewards at the Methodist Society in London (June 4, 1747)
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