Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: How gentle God's commands
Topic: God/In Providence
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 92
Page Number: 057, 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?
O, seek your heavenly Father's throne,
And peace and comfort find.
His goodness stands approved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.