Gentle Jesus

Gentle Jesus, how I love thee, Words cannot my love express

Author: R. R. Engle
Tune: [Gentle Je­sus! How I love Thee] (Burgett)
Published in 4 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

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]


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16655

Author: R. R. Engle

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Text Information

First Line: Gentle Jesus, how I love thee, Words cannot my love express
Title: Gentle Jesus
Author: R. R. Engle
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #16655
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The Cyber Hymnal #16655

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