Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#540

540. 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 Thy obedient heart;
Thou art pitiful and kind,
Let me have Thy loving mind.

4 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 (1707-1788) (1763)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Christan Life: Guidance

Tune Information

• Name: GENTLE JESUS (Shaw)
• Composer: Martin Shaw (1875-1958) (1915)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Incipit: 34534 32345 13211
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Music copyright © J. Curwen & Sons. Used by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. U.S.A. agents.

Tune Information:

ALternate tune, ORIENTUS PARTIBUS, No. 57