Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How gentle God's commands
Topic: Christ's Sufferings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Silas Vail
Meter: 10s and 11s peculiar
Tune: Sacred Tears
Hymn Number: 116
Page Number: 047, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow gentle God's commands!
How kind his precepts are!
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
And trust his constant care.
His bounty will provide,
His saints securely dwell;
That hand which bears creation up,
Shall guard his children well.
Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Oh, seek your heavenly Father's throne,
And peace and comfort find.
His goodness stands spproved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.