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Text: | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick Charles Maker |
Media: | Audio recording |
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!
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 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year: Transfiguration; Comfort(5 more...) |
Notes: | *Or “Dear Lord, Creator good and kind” (first line) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST |
Composer: | Frederick Charles Maker (1887) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6 |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | (alternate tune: REPTON) |
These stanzas were carved into a hymn from a much longer poem describing a frenzied ritual by an obscure sect in India, but they culminate in a reference to 1 Kings 19:11–12 that celebrates silence (as befits a Quaker poet). This tune was created especially for these words.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |