Of Faith and Charity

The well-known poet, Longfellow, once wrote that in this world a man must either be an anvil or a hammer. Perhaps without intending to, he neatly summed up the philosophy of living for many a worldly man seeking recognition, success and even security. Either make things or break things. Beat or get beat. Life is a battle of wits. Martin Luther, however, said that Christian life consists in faith and charity. Faith is life to the child of God; it brings him to life and keeps him living. Charity...