Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
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 reverence, 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
With
that deep hush subduing all
Our
words and works that drown
The
tender whisper of Thy call,
As
noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell
Thy manna down.
VERSE 5
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 6
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.
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