New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal
Hymn 480 DEAR LORD AND FATHER Lyrics
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.