LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
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| | Dates: | 1742
| | Bible Refs: | Jn 1:36; Mk 10:14
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 739
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 510
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 611
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 607
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 647
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 451
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 842
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 172
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 1149
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 423
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 356
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 727
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 2019
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 591
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MUSIC
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 739
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 739
| D
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 1149
| E
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 842
| E
| Believers Hymn Book
| 230
| E
| Believers Hymn Book
| 257
| E
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 175
| E
| Baptist Hymnal
| 291
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 403
| Eb
| Believers Hymn Book
| 20
| Eb
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 33
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 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. Lord 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 heavenly 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.
9. **alt verses
10. Fain I would be as Thou art;
Give me Thy obedient heart:
Thou art pitiful and kind;
Let me have Thy loving mind.
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