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Charity's birthday text is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Giberne, Agnes (1845–1939).
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"Charity's birthday text by Agnes Giberne" is a Victorian-era children's moral tale with a Christian devotional theme. Centered on the virtue of charity—understood as patient, Christlike love—the story uses a family drama to teach perseverance, forgiveness, and kindness in the face of teasing and grief. The narrative follows gentle Charity Mitchel, who receives an illuminated text—“Charity suffereth long, and is kind”—on her tenth birthday, only to lose her father that evening. She and her younger brother Edwin move to their uncle and aunt in the country, where their cousins include the affectionate Lottie and two rough, teasing boys, George and Wilfred. Struggling with her temper as the boys goad Edwin and herself, Charity learns to pray for help and tries to “overcome evil with good.” During an outing the boys’ unkind prank leads to her fall and a painful, lingering injury, which brings them deep remorse. George apologizes, and Charity points him to the meaning behind her birthday text and to faith in Christ. Her steady patience and kindness win the boys over, soften the household, and bring peace to the family.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Charity's birthday text
- Author credits: Giberne, Agnes (1845–1939)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Anger -- Juvenile fiction
- Aunts -- Juvenile fiction
- Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction
- Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Sunday school literature
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
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