How Gentle God’s Commands

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Lyrics

  1. 1. How gentle God’s commands!
    How kind his precepts are!
    Come, cast your burdens on the Lord
    And trust his constant care.
  2. 2. Beneath his watchful eye,
    His Saints securely dwell;
    That hand which bears all nature up
    Shall guard his children well.
  3. 3. Why should this anxious load
    Press down your weary mind?
    Haste to your Heav’nly Father’s throne
    And sweet refreshment find.
  4. 4. His goodness stands approved,
    Unchanged from day to day;
    I’ll drop my burden at his feet
    And bear a song away.
  5. Text: Philip Doddridge, 1702–1751
    Music: Hans Georg Nägeli, 1773–1836