Text:Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
Tune:REST
Composer:Frederick C. Maker

350. 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 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!

Amen.

Text Information
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.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship; Christian Year: Lent (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: REST
Composer: Frederick C. Maker (1887)
Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.
Key: D Major
Copyright: Music copyright; used by permission of the Psalms and Hymns Trust.



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