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Cast Your Burden on the Lord

MP3 Recording by James Loynes:  Hi-speed    Dialup    Download
CD: How Can I Keep From Singing?
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CD: How Can I Keep From Singing?--Accompaniment Tracks
Violin: John Leavitt

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MP3 Accompaniment track :  (CD only)
CD: Write Thy Name Upon My Heart

View/print sheet music:     Hymn     SATB w/organ     SATB w/piano     Medium-voice solo    
Violin obbligato (works with any score except Hymn version)

"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee..."
Psalm 55:22 (KJV)

“...yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands...”
Isaiah 49:15, 16 (KJV)

After several years of debating, I have now done a solo arrangement for this song. It was originally a choral only, meant to be accompanied on the organ. Since organ accompaniments don't work for some choirs, I have also included an adaptation for piano. The piano accompaniment for the solo version is somewhat different from the choral version.

Lyrics:

    Cast your burden on the Lord
    and he will make it light
    Come unto him, ye heavy laden
    Find your rest in Christ
    Bring him your sorrows, all your grief
    Lay every weakness at his feet
    He will sustain you, give you peace
    And lead you into life

    Cast your burden on the Lord
    and he will heal your soul
    Place on his altar all your sin
    and he will bear its toll
    Bring him your blindness born of pride
    Give him your broken heart to bind
    It was for this he bled and died:
    That he might make you whole

    Cast your burden on the Lord
    and he will carry you home
    He will attend you and defend
    through perils yet unknown
    Put your unwavering trust in him
    Christ, your constant heavenly friend
    Hath graven you in the palms of his hands
    And ne'er forsakes his own


Church Music Contest: Anthem division--Award of Distinction 2005 (version with organ).