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GENTLY CHIDE

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 8, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 20, No. 6.

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GENTLY CHIDE.

GENTLY chide thy erring brother, Speak not in reproachful strains; Cruel words will only smother All the good that yet remains.
Do to him as you would ever Have him do to you and yours: Gently chide, for you can never Know the trials he endures—
You can never know the sorrow That attends his daily life; Hoping joy the coming morrow, Finding naught but care and strife.
Struggling on 'mid grief and sadness, Fighting vice from day to day; Driven at length almost to madness, Wildly he has gone astray.
Still below his mental blindness, Lingers yet a little flame, Which, by words of love and kindness, Might be made to blaze again.
Gently chide him; O remember You have often gone astray; Rouse him softly from his slumber, Lead him on in virtue's way.