Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

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 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!

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.

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.