Hymn Chords

480. Dear Lord and Father

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Dear Lord and Father of man-kind,

    Gb   Db  Ab7  Db  Ab
For-give our fool-ish ways;

   Gb        Ebm Ebm7 Ab     Fm
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,

Fm7 Bbm   Gb        Ab  Bbm  Ab
In  purer lives Thy ser-vice find,

Gb Db     Gb         Db  Abdim
In deeper reverence, praise,

Bb7 Ebm   Absus Ab Ab7     Db
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.