How gentle God’s commands!
How kind His precepts are!
We’ll cast our burdens on the Lord,
And trust His constant care.

Beneath His watchful eye
His saints securely dwell:
The hand that bears all nature up,
Will guard His children well.

Why should an anxious load
Press down our weary mind?
We haste, O Father, to Thy throne,
And sweet refreshment find.

Thy goodness stands approved-
Unchanged from day to day:
We drop our burdens at Thy feet,
To bear a song away!