LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 8 6 extended
| | Writer(s): | John Greenleaf Whittier
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1872-04
| | Bible Refs: | Ex 16:14; 1 Ki 19:11-12; Heb 4:3
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 608
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 519
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 50
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 335
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 377
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 563
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 575
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 549
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 78
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 455
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 411
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 111
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 115
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 184
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 673
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 356
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 427
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 95
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 144
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 106
| Living Praise
|
| 40
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 669
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 353
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 345
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 497
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 79
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 226
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 481
| STELBAP
|
| 734
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 445
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 544
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 251
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 383
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 249
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 120
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 435
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 652
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 598
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 358
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MUSIC
 Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 427
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Additional Tunes
| 23
| C
| Baptist Hymnal
| 335
| D
| Baptist Hymnal
| 375
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 50
| D
| Hymns of Faith
| 95
| D
| Believers Hymn Book
| 378
| D
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Alternate Tunes
| ENGEDI | 8 6 8 8 6 | Samuel Sebastian Wesley | | REPTON | 8 6 8 8 6 6 | Charles Hubert Hastings Parry | | GEORGIA | 8 6 8 8 6 | Charles Warwick Jordan | | HAMMERSMITH | 8 6 8 8 6 | William Henry Gladstone |
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| 1. Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways
re-clothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives Thy service find,
|:In deeper reverence, praise.
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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.
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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!
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4. With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call,
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
|:As fell Thy manna down.
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5. 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.
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6. Breathe through the
hearts 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!
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