How Gentle God’s Commands $7.77
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SATB choir, Piano, mezzo-soprano solo
Words Phillip Doddridge, Music Hans G. Nageli
Arranged M Ryan Taylor

     A simple arrangement of this well-loved hymn. The choral parts are derived wholly from the original hymn, while the piano takes on a more adventurous role. I chose this hymn for the theme “repentance,” but it would equally compliment themes like “commandments,” “mercy,” “grace,” or “faith.”

The Text:
How gentle God’s commands!
How kind his precepts are!
Come, cast your burden on the Lord
And trust his constant care.

Beneath his watchful eye,
His saints securely dwell;
That hand which bears all nature up
Shall guard his children well.

Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your Heavenly Father’s throne
And sweet refresh-ment find.

His goodness stands approved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I’ll drop my burden at his feet
And bear a song a-way.