"gentleness" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
gentleness
...Must like our Savior be,
In gentleness and meekness,
In love and purity....
Must like our Savior be,
In gentleness and meekness,
In love and purity.
...Come, Holy Spirit! still my heart
With gentleness divine;
Indwelling peace Thou canst impart;...
Come, Holy Spirit! still my heart
With gentleness divine;
Indwelling peace Thou canst impart;
...O teach us how to be
With meekness, gentleness arrayed
In all things like to Thee....
O teach us how to be
With meekness, gentleness arrayed
In all things like to Thee.
...How sweetly flowed the Gospel’s sound
From lips of gentleness and grace,
While listening thousands gathered round,...
How sweetly flowed the Gospel’s sound
From lips of gentleness and grace,
While listening thousands gathered round,
...To lie in that embrace,
What grand, mysterious gentleness
Shines in my Father’s face!...
To lie in that embrace,
What grand, mysterious gentleness
Shines in my Father’s face!
...And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
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And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
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...Their Lord indeed was risen again.
Jesus, the King of gentleness,
Do Thou Thyself our hearts possess...
Their Lord indeed was risen again.
Jesus, the King of gentleness,
Do Thou Thyself our hearts possess
...I say again, rejoice!
Your gentleness should show to all,
In your actions and your voice....
I say again, rejoice!
Your gentleness should show to all,
In your actions and your voice.
...In us, Thy brethren, see
The gentleness and grace that spring
From union, Lord, with Thee....
In us, Thy brethren, see
The gentleness and grace that spring
From union, Lord, with Thee.
...Fitting for His heav’nly rest;
This is gentleness unbounded,
This is lowliness of heart;...
Fitting for His heav’nly rest;
This is gentleness unbounded,
This is lowliness of heart;
...That Christ was risen from the grave.
O Jesus, King of gentleness,
Do Thou our inmost hearts possess;...
That Christ was risen from the grave.
O Jesus, King of gentleness,
Do Thou our inmost hearts possess;
...Who is He the people bless
For His words of gentleness?
Who is He to whom they bring...
Who is He the people bless
For His words of gentleness?
Who is He to whom they bring
...The God of glory comes
In gentleness and might,
To comfort and alarm,...
The God of glory comes
In gentleness and might,
To comfort and alarm,
...Thy hand upholds me, lest I yield;
Thy gentleness has made me great.
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Thy hand upholds me, lest I yield;
Thy gentleness has made me great.
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...And give us strength in every trying hour.
Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast Thou and no bitterness;...
And give us strength in every trying hour.
Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast Thou and no bitterness;
...And wear Thy shining second crown;
Then into gentleness shall rise
The world that roughly cast Thee down....
And wear Thy shining second crown;
Then into gentleness shall rise
The world that roughly cast Thee down.
...His overruling plan
Inclines to gentleness and peace
The heart of savage man....
His overruling plan
Inclines to gentleness and peace
The heart of savage man.
...In open witness fearlessly.
O Christ, the King of gentleness,
Our several hearts do Thou possess,...
In open witness fearlessly.
O Christ, the King of gentleness,
Our several hearts do Thou possess,
...You reveal yourself in Nature,
In its gentleness and might.
Through each rainbow that you send us...
You reveal yourself in Nature,
In its gentleness and might.
Through each rainbow that you send us
...When their injustice is o’erthrown,
My gentleness shall still be shown.
Brought nigh to death and sore distressed,...
When their injustice is o’erthrown,
My gentleness shall still be shown.
Brought nigh to death and sore distressed,
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