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.
