Project Gutenberg 2016-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 141 Archer, Thomas 1830 1893 Archer, T. (Thomas) "About My Father's Business": Work Amidst the Sick, the Sad, and the Sorrowing E-text prepared by Richard Hulse, Chris Pinfield, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "About My Father's Business: Work Amidst the Sick, the Sad, and the Sorrowing" by Thomas Archer is a series of essays exploring themes of charity and social responsibility written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the importance of genuine, personal charity in modern society, delivering a compelling critique of impersonal charitable systems that fail to provide the human connection essential to compassion. Archer uses various examples and anecdotes to illustrate these themes, eventually inviting readers to reflect on their roles in charitable works. The opening portion of the text introduces the topic of charity, establishing a contrast between the true essence of charitable work and the increasingly mechanical and detached practices of societal benevolence. Archer questions whether society has lost sight of personal interactions and responsibilities towards those in need due to reliance on organized institutions. He emphasizes the necessity of heartfelt compassion and a willingness to engage deeply with individual circumstances rather than relying solely on monetary contributions or systemic solutions. This sets the tone for the following chapters, which promise to explore various case studies and personal stories that both illuminate and challenge contemporary views on charity and our obligations to the less fortunate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pastoral theology BV Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 648610 648324 2024-09-21T10:16:48.385037 2023-09-22T07:31:01.701538 text/html text/html 655654 2016-01-19T21:50:57 text/html 403985 2016-01-19T21:52:04 text/html application/zip 431579 2024-09-21T10:16:58.067002 application/epub+zip 441366 2024-09-21T10:16:49.927061 application/epub+zip 304936 2024-09-21T10:16:49.142044 application/epub+zip 633098 2024-09-21T10:17:04.110991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527933 2024-09-21T10:16:57.120023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452913 2022-09-23T07:42:54.626064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582998 582777 2024-09-21T10:16:46.970056 2023-09-22T07:31:00.322529 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 582774 2020-06-14T19:02:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 222730 2020-06-14T19:02:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17939 2024-09-21T10:17:04.256956 application/rdf+xml 16689 2024-09-21T10:16:49.255055 image/jpeg 2395 2024-09-21T10:16:49.198063 image/jpeg 406715 2024-09-21T10:16:48.458057 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog