The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2368

2368. How Gentle God's Commands

1. How gentle God’s commands,
How kind His precepts are!
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
And trust His constant care.

2. Beneath His watchful eye
His saints securely dwell;
That hand which bears all nature up
Shall guide His children well.

3. Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your Heavenly Father’s throne,
And sweet refreshment find.

4. His goodness stands approved,
Down to the present day;
I’ll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.

Text Information

• First Line: How gentle God's commands
• Title: How Gentle God's Commands
• Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DENNIS
• Composer: Hans G. Nä­ge­li, 1773-1836
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 33132 72116 11517
• Key: F Major
• Source: The Psalt­ery, 1845
• Copyright: Public Domain