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Text: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
84 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 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 With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call,
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell Thy manna down.
5 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.
6 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!
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 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Worship: Communion |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
Meter: | 86.886. |
Incipit: | 33323 55443 11223 |
Key: | D Major |