Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How gentle God's commands
Topic: God/Watchcare
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: H Nageli
Meter: SM
Tune: Dennis
Hymn Number: 366
Page Number: 122, 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.
Beneath his watchful eye
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.