Dear Lord and Father

- 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 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,
- 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,
- Interpreted by love.
- 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,
- As fell Thy manna down.
- 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,
- 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,
- O still small voice of calm! .
Album: English Hymns, Artist: John G. Whittier , Language: English, Viewed: 594 times