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Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney
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“Think gently of the erring: Ye know not of the power With which the dark temptation came In some unguarded hour. Ye may not know how earnestly They struggled, or how well, Until the hour of weakness came, And sadly thus they fell.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1844 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Erring" in the Orphan's Advocate (1844) and the Social Monitor (1844), as quoted in Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work…
“Speak gently to the erring: For is it not enough That innocence and peace have gone, Without thy censure rough?”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1844 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Erring" (1844)
“Speak kindly to the erring; Thou yet may'st lead them back, With holy words and tones of love, From misery's thorny track. Forget not thou hast often sinned. And sinful yet must be; Deal gently with the erring one, As God hath dealt with thee.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1844 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Erring" (1844)
“Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1845 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Little Things" in the Myrtle (1845). This poem came to be published uncredited as a children's rhyme and hymn in many 19th century magazines and books, sometimes variously attributed to Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Daniel Cl…
“Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our pleasant earth below Like the heaven above.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1845 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Little Things" (1845) as quoted in Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work (1881) by E. R. Hanson. These were the final words o…
“How near another's heart we oft may stand, Yet all unknowing what we fain would know Its heights of joy, its depths of bitter woe, As, wrecked upon some desert island's strand, They watch our white sails near and nearer grow; Then we, who for their rescue death would dare, Unheeding pass, and leave them to despair.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Soul Blindness", as quoted Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work (1881) by E. R. Hanson
“How oft the word which we would gladly speak Might be, unto some darkly groping soul, The key to bid doubt's massive doors unroll, The free winds' breath upon the prisoner's cheek, Or. to the hungry heart, sweet pity's dole! We hurry on, nor know that they are near, As passed Evangeline the one so dear.”
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Soul Blindness", as quoted Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work (1881) by E. R. Hanson