Text:Dear God, Embracing Humankind
Author:John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
Tune:REST
Composer:Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927

194. Dear God, Embracing Humankind

1 Dear God, embracing humankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives your service find,
in deeper rev'rence praise.

2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of your Word,
let us, like them, by Spirit stirred,
rise up and foll'wers be.

3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above!
There Jesus met you prayerfully:
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love.

4 Drop your 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 your peace.

5 Breathe through the pulses of desire
your coolness and your balm;
let sense be numb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, all voice of calm. Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Dear God, embracing humankind
Title: Dear God, Embracing Humankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 (alt.)
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Call/Calling; Calm; Commitment (12 more...)
Tune Information
Name: REST
Composer: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.
Key: C Major



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