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Text:I Want to Be Like Jesus
Author:A. K. Miller
Tune:[I want to be like Jesus] (Davis)
Composer:Frank M. Davis

48. I Want to Be Like Jesus

1 I want to be like Jesus,
So lowly and so meek;
For no one marked an angry word
That ever heard him speak.

Refrain:
I want to be like Jesus,
God's well beloved Son;
I want to be like Jesus,
The pure and holy One.

2 I want to be like Jesus,
So frequently in prayer;
Alone upon the mountain top,
He met his Father there. [Refrain]

3 I want to be like Jesus,
Engaged in doing good,
So that of me it may be said,
He hath done what he could. [Refrain]

4 Alas! I'm not like Jesus,
As any one may see;
Thy gentle Spirit, Savior, send,
And make me like to thee. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I want to be like Jesus
Title: I Want to Be Like Jesus
Author: A. K. Miller
Publication Date: 1883
Scripture:
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [I want to be like Jesus] (Davis)
Composer: Frank M. Davis
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
MIDI file: MIDI

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