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Text: | Dear Lord and Father of mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 |
Tune: | REPTON |
Composer: | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1848-1918 |
1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper rev'rence praise,
in deeper rev'rence praise.
2 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,
rise up and follow thee.
3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!
Interpreted by love!
4 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,
the beauty of thy peace.
5 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!
O still small voice of calm!
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, 1807-1892 |
Meter: | 86 88 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Gradual Hymn; Lent; Temptation, Penitence and Forgiveness(7 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REPTON |
Composer: | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1848-1918 |
Meter: | 86 88 6 |
Key: | E♭ Major |