Hymns and Tunes 1876 26
Hymn 26
1HOW holy God's commands !
How just his precepts are !
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
And trust his constant care.
2Beneath his watchful eye
His saints securely dwell ;
That hand which bears all nature up,
Shall guard 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
Through each succeeding day ;
I'll drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.
- Also sung to
- Dennis (Church Hymnal #64); Federal Street (Christ in Song #335)
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.8.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 69% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
HOW holy God's commands !//˘/˘/6A
How just his precepts are !//˘//˘6B
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,//˘/˘˘˘/8C
And trust his constant care.˘/˘/˘/6D
Verse 2
Beneath his watchful eye˘/˘/˘/6A
His saints securely dwell ;˘/˘/˘/6B
That hand which bears all nature up,˘/˘///˘˘8C
Shall guard his children well.˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 3
Why should this anxious load/˘˘/˘/6A
Press down your weary mind ?//˘/˘/6B
Haste to your Heavenly Father's throne,/˘˘/˘˘/˘/9C
And sweet refreshment find.˘/˘/˘/6B
Verse 4
His goodness stands approved˘/˘/˘/6A
Through each succeeding day ;//˘/˘/6B
I'll drop my burden at his feet,//˘/˘˘˘/8C
And bear a song away.˘/˘/˘/6B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.