Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind
- Words:
- John G. Whittier
- Music:
- Frederick C. Maker
Sheet music
- 1Dear 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.In simple trust like theirs who heard,Beside the Syrian sea,The gracious calling of the Lord,Let us, like them, without a wordRise up and follow Thee.
- 2O Sabbath rest by Galilee,O calm of hills above,Where Jesus knelt to share with TheeThe silence of eternity,Interpreted by love!With that deep hush subduing allOur words and works that drownThe tender whisper of Thy call,As noiseless let Thy blessing fallAs fell Thy manna down.
- 3Drop Thy still dews of quietness,Till all our strivings cease;Take from our souls the strain and stress,And let our ordered lives confessThe beauty of Thy peace.Breathe thru the pulses of desireThy coolness and Thy balm;Let sense be dumb, its heats expire:Speak thru the earthquake, wind, and fire,O still small voice of calm!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1872, the words are in 586 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.