Parry: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

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
 In deeper reverence praise
 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
 O sabbath rest by Galilee
 O calm of hills above
 Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
 The silence of eternity
 Interpreted by love
 Interpreted by love
 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
 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
 O still, small voice of calm