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THE ERRING

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 6.

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THE ERRING.

By Julia A. Fletcher.

“Charity never faileth.”
Think gently of the erring! Ye know not of the power With which the dark temptation came In some unguarded hour. Ye may not know how earnestly They struggled, or how well, Until the hour of weakness came, And sadly thus they fell.
Think gently of the erring! Oh! do not thou forget, However darkly stained by sin, He is thy brother yet. Heir of the self-same heritage! Child of the self-same God! He hath but stumbled in the path, Thou hast in weakness trod.
Speak kindly to the erring! For is it not enough That innocence and peace are gone, Without the censure rough? It sure must be a weary lot That sin-crushed heart to bear, And they who share a happier fate, Their chidings well may spare.
Speak kindly to the erring! Thou yet mayst lead them back, With holy words, and tones of love, From misery’s thorny track. Forget not thou hast often sinned, And sinful yet may be, Deal gently with the erring one As God has dealt with thee! —Julia A. Fletcher.