Full Lyrics
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 rev'rence, praise,
In deeper rev'rence, 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,
Rise up and follow Thee.
VERSE 3
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,
The beauty of Thy peace.
VERSE 4
Breathe thro' the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak thro' the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm,
O still small voice of calm!
