116 ~ Dear Lord and Father
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Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our feverish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise.
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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.
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O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above! Where Jesus knelt to share with thee The silence of eternity, Interpreted by love.
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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.
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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!