His assistance, no enemy too fierce or cruel for His good will. And Christ is the law of His people, not His words alone, but the life He lived and the Person He showed Himself to be. (Archbishop Thomson.) Our duty to the erring:—The soul which sin has overtaken is like the bruised reed. It must be raised up gently that it may once more aspire heavenwards. (E. Bersier, D.D.) The graceful vase that stands in the drawing-room under a glass shade and never goes to the well, has no great right to despise
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