Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
by Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 540.
Verse 1
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.
Verse 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.
Verse 3
Fain I would be as Thou art; Give me Thy obedient heart; Thou art pitiful and kind, Let me have Thy loving mind.
Verse 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.