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Play “How Gentle God's Commands”
Free same-meter accompaniment for How Gentle God's Commands (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1How gentle God's commands,
- How kind His precepts are!
- Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
- And trust His constant care.
- 2While Providence supports,
- Let saints securely dwell;
- That hand, which bears all nature up,
- Shall guide His children well.
- 3Why should this anxious load
- Press down your weary mind?
- Haste to your heavenly Father's throne,
- And sweet refreshment find.
- 4His goodness stands approved,
- Down to the present day;
- I'll drop my burden at His feet,
- And bear a song away.
- 5Amen.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the How Gentle God's Commands page.
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