JESUS, GENTLEST SAVIOUR

Jesus, gentlest Saviour,
God of might and power,
Thou thyself art dwelling
In us at this hour.
Nature cannot hold thee,
Heaven is all too strait
For thine endless glory
And thy royal state.

2. Yet the hearts of children
Hold what worlds can not,
And the God of wonders
Loves the lowly spot.
Jesus, gentlest Saviour,
Thou art in us now;
Fill us full of goodness
Till our hearts o’erflow.

3. Pray the prayer within us
That to heaven shall rise;
Sing the song that angels
Sing above the skies.
Multiply our graces,
Chiefly love and fear,
And, dear Lord, the chiefest,
Grace to persevere.