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 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 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!