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415 | The Hymnbook#416 | 417 |
Text: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST |
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 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.
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!
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.
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!
Amen.
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. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Christ: Call, Answering His; Christ: Way, The; Comfort(3 more...) |
Copyright: | Words used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company, authorized publishers. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker (1887) |
Meter: | 8. 6. 8. 8. 6. |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Music copyright by The Psalms & Hymns Trust. Used by permission. |