Dear Lord and Father of mankind
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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. 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. O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with thee The silence of eternity, 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. 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 care, quod stulti sumus, ignosce,Domine; pravis medere mentibus, laudare fac sincerius, ex corde colere. Ut litore Syriaco qui sunt arcessiti, tuo fidentes Filio, et nos eodem fac modo te tacitos sequi. Quod Galilaeum Sabbatum collisque placidus! Aeternum quod silentium, Iesu tibique mutuum ut diligentibus! Silentio rorata eo cedant certamina; angore tum deposito sit vita testimonio quam pulchra pax tua. Frigus calentes temperet tuum cupidines, locum quod est carnale det; procellam tua personet tranquilla vox, quies! |