Text:Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Author:John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
Tune:REST
Composer:Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927

421. 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 rev'rence 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 pulses of 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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Title: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 2007
Scripture:
Topic: Calling; Consecration; Discipleship (5 more...)
Tune Information
Name: REST
Composer: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6
Key: D Major



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