Text: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST (ELTON) |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
reclothe us in our rightful mind;
in purer lives Thy service find,
in deeper reverence, praise.
2 Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of Thy peace.
3 Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm!
4 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word,
rise up and follow Thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Dear Lord and Father of mankind |
Title: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier (1872) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | The Church at Worship: Prayer; Confession of Sin; Discipleship(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST (ELTON) |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker (1887) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6 |
Key: | D Major |