Here King Benjamin makes an appropriate application of what could be called the doctrine of intent, that is, the principle that we are judged by the intent of our hearts. Those unable to give must still have in their the fixed determination to share with those in need and the longing that a time will come when they are in a position to do so. Should that not be their intent and desire they are as much to be condemned as those who have refused to becaring of others. “For if there be first a willing mind,” Paul wrote, “it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not” (2 Corinthians 8:12).