Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (download)

A new tune and SATB choral setting for John Greenleaf Whittier’s beloved hymn text.

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.

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.

O Sab­bath rest by Ga­li­lee,
O calm of hills above,
Where Je­sus knelt to share with Thee
The si­lence of eter­ni­ty,
Interpreted by love!

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.

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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