The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16655

16655. Gentle Jesus

1 Gentle Je­sus! How I love Thee,
Words can­not my love ex­press;
Day and night I ev­er praise Thee,
Full of good­ness, full of grace;
Of Thy con­des­cend­ing good­ness,
What ex­am­ple do we find.
Midst ne­glect, con­tempt, and weak­ness,
Meek and low­ly was Thy mind.

Refrain:
Come to Je­sus, come to Je­sus;
Jesus loves you, He will save;
Come, O come and He’ll re­ceive you;
Jesus reigns and bids you live.

2 Oh, how true and con­des­cend­ing
Are the meth­ods Thou dost take;
Lo! be­neath Thy bur­dens bend­ing,
Bleeding, dy­ing for my sake;
Teach me how to fol­low, Sav­ior,
An ex­am­ple so di­vine;
By my words and tem­per ev­er
All for­bear­ing, all be­nign. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Gentle Je­sus! How I love Thee
• Title: Gentle Jesus
• Author: R. R. Engle
• Refrain First Line: Come to Je­sus, come to Je­sus
• Language: English
• Source: The Brilliant, by William T. Giffe (Indianapolis: H. L. Benham & H. S. Stedman1874)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Gentle Je­sus! How I love Thee]
• Composer: W. H. Burgett
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain