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Text:Gentle, Holy Jesus
Author:Emma H. Whitfield
Tune:NORTH COATES
Composer:Timothy Richard Matthews
Media:MIDI file

8481. Gentle, Holy Jesus

1 Gentle, holy Jesus,
Savior meek and mild,
Thou who once wast fashioned
Like a little child;

2 And in grace and meekness
Up to manhood grew
Sharing human weakness,
Human sorrow, too:

3 In Thy word so holy,
Savior, we can see,
That of us Thou sayest,
Let them come to Me.

4 Glad we come! and render
All we have to give:
While our hearts are tender,
Help us, Lord, to live.

5 Like Thy young disciples,
That the world may see
We are taught by Jesus,
And have learned of Thee.

6 May we copy closely
Him we so much love,
Till we bear His likeness,
Perfected above.

Text Information
First Line: Gentle, holy Jesus
Title: Gentle, Holy Jesus
Author: Emma H. Whitfield (1868)
Meter: 65.65
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: NORTH COATES
Composer: Timothy Richard Matthews (1862)
Meter: 65.65
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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