How Gentle God's Commands
The same words as 4 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
11 words changed
Verse 1
How holy God's commands, !
How just His precepts are! !
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord
And trust His constant care.
Verse 1
How gentle God's commands,
How kind His precepts are!
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord
And trust His constant care.
Verse 2
Beneath His watchful eye
His saints securely dwell; ;
That hand which bears all nature up
Shall guard His children well.
Verse 2
Beneath His watchful eye
His saints securely dwell;
That hand which bears all nature up
Shall guard His children well.
Verse 3
Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind? ?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne
And sweet refreshment find.
Verse 3
Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne
And sweet refreshment find.
Verse 4
His goodness stands approved,Through each succeeding day ;
I'll drop my burden at His feet
And bear a song away.
Verse 4
His goodness stands approved,
Down to the present day;
I'll drop my burden at His feet
And bear a song away.