1. How gentle God’s commands!
How kind his precepts are!
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord
And trust his constant care.
2. Beneath his watchful eye,
His Saints securely dwell;That hand which bears all nature up
Shall guard his children well.
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your Heav’nly Father’s throne
And sweet refreshment find.
4. His goodness stands approved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I’ll drop my burden at his feet
And bear a song away.
Words by Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751. Born in London. Doddridge wrote over 400 hymns. Most of the hymns were written as summaries of his sermons and were to help the congregation express their response to the truths they were being taught.
The music is by Hans Georg Nâgeli, 1773-1836. He was born in Switzerland. Nâgeli was a composer and music publisher. He studied under his father as a child, and then opened a private music shop and publishing firm in the 1790s. He is probably best known for the hymn (and psalm) tune Dennis.
Arranged by Lowell Mason, Born January 8, 1792 in Medfield, Massachusetts and died August 11, 1872 in the City of Orange, New Jersey. Lowell Mason was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-known work includes an arrangement of Joy to the World and the tune Bethany, which sets the hymn text Nearer, My God, to Thee. Mason also set music to Mary Had A Little Lamb.
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Tune Dennis
Related Scriptures:
1 John 5:1-3
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we the of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the of God, that we his commandments: and his commandments are not .
Psalm 55:22
22 thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the to be moved.
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