Hymn Chords

480. Dear Lord and Father

F             Bb     C      F
Dear Lord and Father of man-kind,

    Bb   F   C7   F   C
For-give our fool-ish ways;

   Bb        Gm Gm7 C        Am
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,

Am7 Dm    A#        C   Dm   C
In  purer lives Thy ser-vice find,

Bb F      Bb         F   Cdim
In deeper reverence, praise,

D7 Gm     Csus  C  C7      F
In deeper rev  -   erence, praise.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Rclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, 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.

[Verse 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!

[Verse 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.

[Verse 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.