Dear God, Embracing Humankind
- Authors
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- Year
- 1872
- Example Text
- Dear Lord and Father of mankind...
- Popularity
- 14%
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- Scripture References
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- Exodus 16:11-15; 16:31
- 1 Samuel 26:1
- 1 Kings 9:1-13; 19:1-21
- Psalm 46:10; 51:10; 69:5; 79:8-11; 80:7; 133:3
- Isaiah 1:18; 26:3; 30:15; 66:8
- Jeremiah 8:1-9:1; 31:27-34
- Daniel 9:19
- Matthew 4:17-25; 6:9-15; 7:7-11; 11:28-30; 14:22-23
- Mark 1:16-28; 1:35; 2:14; 4:35-41; 5:1-15; 6:30-44; 6:46
- Luke 5:1-12; 5:16; 6:1-12; 8:22-39; 11:1-13
- John 1:35-42; 10:27; 14:23-31
- Romans 12:1-21; 13:14
- 1 Corinthians 8:6; 14:33
- Ephesians 4:1-24
- Philippians 4:4-7
- Colossians 3:12-17
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
- 2 Timothy 1:9
- Hebrews 4:3; 4:9
- 1 Peter 2:9
- 1 John 1:9; 3:3
- 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 rev'rence, 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!
Source:Our Great Redeemer's Praise #499
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