Gentle and meek, He comes to those

Verse 1
Gentle and meek, He comes to those
In compassing his death employ’d,
His furious, unrelenting foes
Who thirsted for their Saviour’s blood;
Gives himself up to satisfy
Their rage, and for his murtherers die!

Verse 2
O how unlike the kingdoms here
Thy kingdom open’d in thine own!
Meekness, and peace, and lowly fear,
And righteousness support thy throne,
Patience in death, resembling thine,
And love invincibly Divine.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Thy King cometh unto thee meek.’—[Matt. 21,] v. 5.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/577, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 338.
Publishing: Public Domain