Hymns

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Words: John Greenleaf Whittier · Music: Frederick C. Maker · 1872

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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!

Verse 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.

Verse 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!

Words: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872 | Music: Frederick C. Maker, 1887

1 Kings 19; Psalm 46; Psalm 51; Isaiah 1; Matthew 4; Matthew 11; Mark 1; Luke 5; John 10; John 14; Philippians 4

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