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"Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" is a hymn with words taken from a longer poem, ''The Brewing of Soma'' by American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The adaptation was made by Garrett Horder in his 1884 ''Congregational Hymns''.〔Ian C. Bradley, ''Abide with me: the world of Victorian hymns'' (1997), p. 171; (Google Books ).〕 In the United Kingdom, the hymn is usually sung to the tune "Repton" by C. Hubert H. Parry. In the US, the prevalent tune is "Rest" by Frederick Charles Maker. ==Text== The text set appears below. Some hymnal editors omit the fourth stanza or resequence the stanza so that the fifth stanza as printed here comes last. If sung to Parry's tune, "Repton", the last line of each stanza is repeated. :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. :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! :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. :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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dear Lord and Father of Mankind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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