The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1726

1726. 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. Fain I would to Thee be brought,
Dearest God, forbid it not;
Give me, dearest God, a place
In the kingdom of Thy grace

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

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

5. Let me, above all, fulfill
God my heav’nly Father’s will;
Never His good Spirit grieve;
Only to His glory live.

6. Thou didst live to God alone;
Thou didst never seek Thine own;
Thou Thyself didst never please:
God was all Thy happiness.

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

8. I shall then show forth Thy praise,
Serve Thee all my happy days;
Then the world shall always see
Christ, the holy Child, in me.

Text Information

• First Line: Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
• Title: Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742
• Notes: In the orig­in­al form, the line "Lamb of God, I look to Thee" be­gan a se­cond hymn. How­ev­er, the two have be­come en­twined in com­mon us­age. Alternate tunes: ELLINGHAM (GODFREY), Nathaniel S. Godfrey, 1881; FARNABY, adapted from a traditional English tune in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 591; INNOCENTS, The Parish Choir, 1850; harmony by William H. Monk, 1861; LEW TRENCHARD, adapted from a traditional English tune in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 591; SEYMOUR, Carl M. von Weber, 1826

Tune Information

• Name: GENTLE JESUS
• Composer: Martin Fallas Shaw (1915)
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain