Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Think gently of the erring one
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 490
Page Number: 299, 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.