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Text:Ever patient, gentle, meek
Author:Charlotte Elliott
Tune:GUIDE
Composer:Marcus M. Wells

462. Ever patient, gentle, meek

1 Ever patient, gentle, meek,
Holy Saviour! was Thy mind;
Vainly in myself I seek,
Likeness to my Lord to find;
Yet, that mind which was in Thee,
May be, must be formed in me.

2 Days of toil, 'mid throngs of men,
Vexed not, ruffled not Thy soul;
Still, collected, calm, serene.
Thou each feeling couldst control.
Lord, that mind which was in Thee,
May be, must be formed in me.

3 Though such griefs were Thine to bear,
For each sufferer Thou couldst feel;
Every mourner's burden share,
Every wounded spirit heal:
Saviour! let thy grace in me
Form that mind which was in Thee.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Ever patient, gentle, meek
Author: Charlotte Elliott (1834)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Conformity to Christ; Following Christ; Gentleness (4 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: GUIDE
Composer: Marcus M. Wells
Meter: 7s, 6l.
Notes: Public Domain.



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