The Activity of Charity
Charity is an inward affection, moving man to do what is good, and this without recompense. So to act is his life’s delight.
The life of charity is to will well and to do well by the neighbor; in all work, and in every employment, acting out of regard to what is just and equitable, good and true. In a word, the life of charity consists in the performance of uses.
—Heavenly Doctrine, nn. 106, 124