How Gentle God’s Commands
First line: How gentle God’s commands! How kind his precepts / How gentle God’s command! / How gentle God’s commands / How gentle God’s commands! How kind / How gentle God’s command! How kind
Original language: English
Words: Philip Doddridge
Music: Hans Georg Nägeli
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How Gentle God’s Commands
Hymns
(1985, 2002 ed.), 125
1. How gentle God’s commands!How kind his precepts are!Come, cast your burdens on the LordAnd trust his constant care.
2. Beneath his watchful eye,His Saints securely dwell;That hand which bears all nature upShall guard his children well.
3. Why should this anxious loadPress down your weary mind?Haste to your Heav’nly Father’s throneAnd sweet refreshment find.
4. His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I’ll drop my burden at his feetAnd bear a song away.
How Gentle God’s Commands (Women)
Hymns
(1985, 2002 ed.), 314
1. How gentle God’s commands!How kind his precepts are!Come, cast your burdens on the LordAnd trust his constant care.
2. Beneath his watchful eye,His Saints securely dwell;That hand which bears all nature upShall guard his children well.
3. Why should this anxious loadPress down your weary mind?Haste to your Heav’nly Father’s throneAnd sweet refreshment find.
4. His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I’ll drop my burden at his feetAnd bear a song away.
How Gentle God’s Commands
Hymns
(1948, 1979 ed.), 67
1. How gentle God’s commands!How kind his precepts are!Come, cast your burdens on the LordAnd trust his constant care.
2. Beneath his watchful eye,His saints securely dwell;That hand which bears all nature upShall guard his children well.
3. Why should this anxious loadPress down your weary mind?Haste to your heavenly Father’s throne,And sweet refreshment find.
4. His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I’ll drop my burden at his feetAnd bear a song away.
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These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.
Tunes that have appeared with this song in English
Appearances of this song over time in English
Tune: Dennis (by Hans Georg Nägeli) (Return to top) Tune 125
How Gentle God’s Commands
Hymns: Simplified Accompaniments (1986, 1986 ed.), no. 76
Arr.: Darwin Wolford
Prelude on “How Gentle God’s Commands”
Submitted Music (1980–Present), Jan 1992
Arr.: Weldon L. Whipple
Contributor: Weldon L. Whipple
How Gentle God’s Commands
Songs of Devotion (2020, 2020 ed.), 11
Artist: Cayson Renshaw
Arr.: Nik Day
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from October 1998 General Conference (1998, 1998-10 ed.), 4
Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1998 General Conference (1998, 1998-04 ed.), 6
Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus
Arr.: Robert C. Bowden
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1994 General Conference (1994, 1994-04 ed.), 1
Artist: Relief Society choir
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from October 1991 General Conference (1991, 1991-10 ed.), 7
Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1989 General Conference (1989, 1989-04 ed.), 3
Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus
Arr.: Robert C. Bowden
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1985 General Conference (1985, 1985-04 ed.), 2
Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1982 General Conference (1982, 1982-04 ed.), 5
Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
How Gentle God’s Commands
Easy Hymn Preludes for Organ (1981, 1981 ed.), no. 16
Arr.: M. David Chugg
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from April 1979 General Conference (1979, 1979-04 ed.), 4
Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
How Gentle God’s Commands
Music from October 1976 General Conference (1976, 1976-10 ed.), 1
Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus
Tune: James (by Arthur H. Mills) (Return to top) Tune 6827
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 2008 ed.), 380
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
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How gentle God’s commands!
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How gentle God’s commands!
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How gentle God’s commands!
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Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 2013 ed.), 294
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1998 ed.), 284
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1984 ed.), 284
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How Gentle God’s Command
Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 1975 ed.), 294
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How gentle God’s command!
The Saints’ Hymnal (RLDS, Replica) (1933, 1998-replica ed.), 248
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How gentle God’s command!
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How gentle God’s command!
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Other Restoration-Based Denominations
How gentle God’s command
Selected Hymns from Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1989, 2002 ed.), 284