LYRICS
| Meter: | 11 11 11 11 with refrain
| | Writer(s): | Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
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| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: | 2 Co 2:7
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 816
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MUSIC
| Name: | TENDERLY TENDERLY
| | Meter: | 11 11 11 11 with refrain
| | Writer(s): | Ira David Sankey
| | Dates: |
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Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 816
| Eb
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| 1. Speak gently, speak gently;
Oh, grieve not again
The hearts that are breaking,
with sorrow and pain;
We know not how bitter
the trials they share,
We know not how heavy
the burdens they bear.
Refrain.
Tenderly, tenderly,
lovingly speak;
Tell them of Jesus,
the lowly and meek;
Patiently waiting,
He longs to receive
All who are willing
on Him to believe.
2. Speak gently, speak gently;
oh, pity and pray
For those who in darkness
have wandered away;
A word kindly spoken
the captives may free;
A word may reclaim them—
oh, speak it, and see!
Refrain.
Tenderly, tenderly,
lovingly speak;
Tell them of Jesus,
the lowly and meek;
Patiently waiting,
He longs to receive
All who are willing
on Him to believe.
3. Speak gently, speak gently;
wherever you go,
In tempest, in sunshine
in sorrow or woe;
Speak gently, reposing
your trust in the Lord,
And joy without measure
will be your reward.
Refrain.
Tenderly, tenderly,
lovingly speak;
Tell them of Jesus,
the lowly and meek;
Patiently waiting,
He longs to receive
All who are willing
on Him to believe.
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