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Text:Think Gently of the Erring One
Author:Miss Fletcher
Tune:TALLIS' ORDINAL
Composer:Thomas Tallis

381. Think Gently of the Erring One

1 Think gently of the erring one;
And let us not forget,
However darkly stained by sin,
He is our brother yet.

2 Heir of the same inheritance,
Child of the selfsame God,
He hath but stumbled in the path
We have in weakness trod.

3 Forget not, thou hast often sinned,
And sinful yet may’st be;
Deal gently with the erring heart,
As God has dealt with thee.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Think gently of the erring one
Title: Think Gently of the Erring One
Author: Miss Fletcher (1846)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1957
Scripture:
Tune Information
Name: TALLIS' ORDINAL
Composer: Thomas Tallis (1567)
Meter: C. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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