Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Think gently of the erring one
Topic: Christian/Brotherly Kindness
Writer: <no first name given> Fletcher
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: CM
Tune: Downs
Hymn Number: 320
Page Number: 106, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHINK gently of the erring one:
O let us not forget,
However darkly stained by sin,
He is our brother yet;
Heir of the same inheritance,
Child of the self-same God,
He hath but stumbled in the path
We have in weakness trod.
Speak gently to the erring ones:
We yet may lead them back,
With holy words and tones of love,
From misery's thorny track.
Forget not, brother, thou hast sinned,
And sinful yet may be;
Deal gently with the erring heart,
As God hath dealt with thee.