Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: How gentle God's commands
Topic: Anxiety
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: H Nagell
Meter: SM
Tune: Dennis
Hymn Number: 409
Page Number: 142, 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 heav'nly Father's throne,
And peace and comfort find.
His goodness stands approv'd,
Unchang'd from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.