Personal Charity: the brother at the door

Question 1 / 10Press 1–4

What does "worthy distressed brother" mean in the published obligation, according to Mackey?

1Morally perfect and beyond reproach
2Distressed worthily (through misfortune, illness, sudden need) rather than using the appeal to underwrite a pattern he is not yet willing to change — the discipline is honesty about what kind of help actually helps
3Wealthy enough to repay
4Past Master or higher

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