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There are only 4 verses in the CEM hymnbook and played on the MP3 accompaniment.
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 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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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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3. 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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4. 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!
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