Dear Lord and Father of mankind

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John Greenleaf Whittier

Key: Key of F
Tempo: Moderate
Categories: Prayer Devotion Worship
Scripture:: Exodus 16:11-15, Exodus 16:31, 1 Samuel 26:1, 1 Kings 9:1-13, 1 Kings 19:1-21, Psalm 46:10, Psalm 51:10, Psalm 69:5, Psalm 79:8-11, Psalm 80:7, Psalm 133:3, Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 30:15, Isaiah 66:8, Jeremiah 8:1-9:1, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Daniel 9:19, Matthew 4:17-25, Matthew 6:9-15, Matthew 7:7-11, Matthew 11:28-30, Matthew 14:22-23, Mark 1:16-28, Mark 1:35, Mark 2:14, Mark 4:35-41, Mark 5:1-15, Mark 6:30-44, Mark 6:46, Luke 5:1-12, Luke 5:16, Luke 6:1-12, Luke 8:22-39, Luke 11:1-13, John 1:35-42, John 10:27, John 14:23-31, Romans 12:1-21, Romans 13:14, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Corinthians 14:33, Ephesians 4:1-24, Philippians 4:4-7, Colossians 3:12-17, 2 Thessalonians 3:16, 2 Timothy 1:9, Hebrews 4:3, Hebrews 4:9, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 3:3

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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!

Dear Lord and Father of mankind | Hymnal