# “Merciful, gracious, and tender” by William Plumer

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2021/03/26/merciful-gracious-and-tender-by-william-plumer/
- Published: 2021-03-26T12:00:28-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“A cold, harsh, severe, untender character is no part of the product of Christianity.

Godliness is God-likeness. If we would be God’s children, we must be merciful, gracious,
tender, pitiful.

He who is harsh to the unfortunate, and cruel to the needy, who never forgives the
wayward, nor seeks to recover the prodigal, is not like God.”

–William Plumer, [_Studies in the Book of Psalms: A Critical and Expository Commentary With Doctrinal and Practical Remarks_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851512097?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1867/2016), 986. Plumer is commenting on **Psalm 
112:4-5**.

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