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Restore such a one in the spirit, etc.
Gal. 6:1.
Breathe thoughts of pity o’er a brother’s fall,
But dwell not with stern anger on his fault:
The grace of God alone holds thee, holds all;
Were that withdrawn, thou too wouldst swerve and halt.
2 Send back the wanderer to the Saviour’s fold—
That were an action worthy of a saint;