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Text:Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:GENTLE JESUS
Composer:Martin Shaw, b. 1875

487. Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild

1 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee.

2 Lamb of God, I look to Thee;
Thou shalt my example be:
Thou art gentle, meek and mild;
Thou wast once a little child.

3 Fain I would be as Thou art;
Give me Thine obedient heart:
Thou art pitiful and kind;
Let me have Thy loving mind.

4 Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb,
In Thy gracious hands I am;
Make me, Saviour, what Thou art,
Live Thyself within my heart.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
Title: Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Language: English
Publication Date: 1957
Topic: Children's Hymns; Special Subjects and Occasions: Childhood
Tune Information
Name: GENTLE JESUS
Composer: Martin Shaw, b. 1875
Key: F Major
Copyright: © J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd.



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