Speak _gently_ to the erring--know They may have toiled in vain; Perchance unkindness made them so; Oh! win them back again. _Anonymous._ GIVING. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received _gifts_ for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.--Psalm lxviii. 18. That every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the _gift_ of God.--Ecclesiastes, iii. 13. The _gift_ of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.--Romans, vi. 23. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable _gift_.--II. Corinthians, ix. 15. The King of light, Father of aged time, Hath brought about that day, which is the prime To the slow gliding months, when every eye Wears symptoms of a sober jollity; And every hand is ready to present Some service in a real compliment. While some in golden letters write their love, Some speak affection by a ring or glove, Or pins and points, (for e’en the peasant may, After his ruder fashion, be as gay As the brisk courtly Sir,) and thinks that he Cannot, without a gross absurdity, Be this day frugal, and not spare his friend Some _gift_, to show his love finds not an end With the deceased year. _Joshua Poole._ Who _gives_, constrained, but his own fear reviles; Not thanked, but scorned; nor are they _gifts_, but spoils. _Denham._ Cheap _gifts_ best fit poor _givers_. We are told Of the lone mite, and cup of water cold, That, in their way, approved the offerer’s zeal. True love shows costliest where the means are scant, And, in her reckoning, they abound who want. _Charles Lamb._ Largely Thou _givest_, gracious Lord, Largely Thy _gifts_ should be restored; Freely Thou _givest_, and thy word Is “Freely _give_.” He only who forgets to hoard Has learned to live. _Keble._ GLORY. And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The _glory_ is departed from Israel.--I. Samuel, iv. 21. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to _glory_.--Psalm lxxiii. 24. When the Lord shall build up Zion he shall appear in his _glory_.--Psalm cii. 16. The wise shall inherit _glory_.--Proverbs, iii. 35. For men to search their own _glory_ is not _glory_.--Proverbs, xxv. 27. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the _glory_ of his majesty.--Isaiah, ii. 10. T’ raise desert and virtue by my fortune, Though in a low estate, were greater _glory_, Than to mix greatness with a prince that owns No worth but that name only. _Massinger._