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Text: | Dear God, Embracing Humankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
1 Dear God, embracing human-kind,
forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives your service find,
in deeper reverence, praise.
2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of your word,
let us, like them, be spirit stirred,
rise up and followers 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, small voice of calm.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Dear God, embracing humankind |
Title: | Dear God, Embracing Humankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier (1872, alt.) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Consecration; Discipleship; Gospel Call and Response(5 more...) |
Notes: | Alternate tune: REPTON (repeating last phrase) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6. |
Key: | D Major |