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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey Choir
Choir
James O'Donnell
James O'Donnell
Conductor
Daniel Cook
Daniel Cook
Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sir Charles Hubert Parry
Sir Charles Hubert Parry
Composer
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
Lyrics
Herbert Chambers
Herbert Chambers
Arranger

Lyrics

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.
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!
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Written by: John Greenleaf Whittier, Sir Charles Hubert Parry

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