The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 18, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 11.

The Home Circle.

LIFT THY BROTHER'S BURDEN.

LIFT thy struggling brother's burden, It may seem to thee but small, Still like coil of strongest cable Holds him in its baleful thrall. Ask not is he Jew or Gentile, Pause not, be he bond or free; Simply do thy bounden duty, What are name and state to thee? Lift it in a kindly spirit, Leave in place no needless smart; Thou art but thy brother's helper, Not the censor of his heart. Though he be not of thy household, Pass not on the other side; Give him present aid and comfort, That no greater ill betide. Lift it in a humble spirit, Though it come through sin and shame; Hast thou in thy moral armor Warrant of a shield from blame? Thou perchance mayst fall or stumble Ere thine earthly race be run, Thou mayst need some friendly succor, Ere life's conflicts all are done.

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