Text: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST (ELTON) |
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 rev'rence, praise.
2 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.
3 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!
4 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.
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 |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
Topic: | Commitment, Dedication, Consecration, Devotion; Servanthood, Service, Ministry |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST (ELTON) |
Composer: | Frederick C. Maker |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6. |
Key: | C Major |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |