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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 358 · Words: John Greenleaf Whittier · Tune: REST
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A contemplative hymn drawn from John Greenleaf Whittier's 1872 poem 'The Brewing of Soma,' calling believers to simplicity, quiet trust, and deeper devotion. It evokes the peaceful shores of Galilee where Jesus called his disciples, and pleads for forgiveness of 'foolish ways.'
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
reverence, 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
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 5
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.
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