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Dear Lord and Father of mankind

653

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Hymn Melody

Metric Index

86. 886

Modality

E♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

John Greenleaf Whittier [1807-1892 (alt.)]

Composer

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848-1918 (alt.)]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Mar 05, 2025 19:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 27, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 14, 2024 19:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jun 18, 2023 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 22, 2023 19:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe 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.