Worship in Song ‎#139

139. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

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 revrence, 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.

*Creator of all humankind

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Lord and Father of mankind
• Title: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
• Alterer: John Greenleaf Whittier
• Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Discipleship; Eternity; God's voice (or call); Listening; Love; Peace; Purity; Quaker author; Quietness; Service; Silence; Trust
• Source: The Atlantic Monthly, 1872

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: Frederick Charles Maker
• Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887