SERMON ON ALMS

SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Studies in Social Work Number 10 FEBRUARY, 1917 SERMON ON ALMS BY SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (347–407 A.D.) DELIVERED AT ANTIOCH
AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE MARKET-PLACE IN THE WINTER-TIME, AND SEEING THE PAUPERS AND BEGGARS LYING THERE NEGLECTED

TRANSLATED BY MARGARET M. SHERWOOD FROM THE PARALLEL GREEK AND LATIN TEXT OF THE ABBÉ MIGNE, IN VOLUME 51 (PP. 260–271)
OF HIS PATROLOGIAE CURSUS COMPLETUS, SERIES GRAECA The New York School of Philanthropy UNITED CHARITIES BUILDING NEW YORK CITY