“Venial sins were to be cleansed by daily use of the Lord's Prayer and by almsgiving.”

“In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle.”

“If the heart is not inspired by sincerity in bestowing alms then almsgiving becomes mere display.”

“The local shelter provides support and resources for the almswoman, ensuring she has the necessary assistance and sustenance to get back on her feet.”

“The destitute depended on alms contributed by the local community.”

“On every poor wight have I ever had ruth and give them alms for love of thee.”

“At the end of the communion service members give an alms offering to the deacon, the only time that offerings are collected in Amish services.”

“The almsman relied on the generosity of passersby to sustain his meager existence.”

“One was of the almsman or beggar William Howson, age unknown, who might have died from any number of causes at the end of December.”

“On way back he was delighted to see his almsman in front of your-picture-for-a-dime camera having photograph taken.”

“He was an almsgiver with a firm determination to study Buddhist scriptures.”

“Accordingly, one day he visited John the almsgiver, with his attendants, and peremptorily demanded his money.”

“She does evil with the easy, graceful air of an almsgiver distributing charity, and she does good with the stealth of a criminal!”

“Unlike the almsgivers of past times to whom suffering was suffering and to be alleviated however it had been incurred, these men are stern moralists.”

“The only consolation, we may feel, was that a portion of the money that war yielded was used to obliviate the penury of wretched almsmen.”