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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 24.

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CHARITY

O spirit of charity, so precious, so rare, In this world of strife, tribulation, and care, If thou wouldst gently touch the hearts of the strong With that pure, tender love which suffereth long, Which willeth to brother or foeman no wrong, This beautiful earth might be happy and fair.
If our hearts were but warmed with thy soft'ning glow, How quickly the tear of compassion would flow; And true, noble souls would think it no stain To seek for the outcast, wandering in shame, Whose errings need more of our pity than blame, With their blasted lives of such darkness and woe.
Sweet spirit of charity, be this our prayer, Help us each with the other's failings to bear; Help us each with a humble feeling to trace The fate which has fallen on one in disgrace, Not knowing what we would have been in his place, With the same temptations and trials to share. —Sel.