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Snu gently to the erring-
Ye know not all the power
With which the dark temptatiou CAQle
In some unguarded hour :
Ye may not know how e&l'lleeUy
They struggled, or how well,
Until the hour of weakne• erune,
And udly thus they fell!
Speak gently of the err ing-
Db! do not thou forget,
However darkly stain'd by aiD,
He is thy brother yet.
Heir of the eel.C-B&me heri~e,
Child of the self-same Got!,
He hath but stumbled in the paij1
Thou hut ill weak.neas trod.
8~ kindly to the erring-
For is it not eno-qgh
That innoeenee and peace are gone,
Without thy ceiiSure rough f
It surely is a wllary lot
Th¥ sin·erush'd heart to bear;
.And they who shn.re a happier fate
Their chidinga well m.a.y spare.
Speak kindly to the erring-
Thou yet mt.y'at let.d him back,
With holy words, aull touea of love,
From Mi.aery's thorny track:
Forget not thou hAst often ainn 'd,
And eiuful yet m-uet be;
Deal kindly with the errillg one,
.As God has dealt with thee. Lu.~ 4Jaab' 'onsdma Jht ~tsf ~tfmct.
W liAT stronger breastplate tb.&n a heart untainted i
Thrice is he anu'd that hath his qUI.\rrel just ;
And he but nue~ though lock'd up in steel,
Whose coiiScienee with injustice ill corrupte!).- SIJ,U:JSP&AR&