Dear Lord and Father of Mankind by John G. Whittier Php 4:7 SALVATION—William Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835 Dear Lord and Father of Mankind 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 rev’rence, praise. 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. 3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of