Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

A video set to the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.

The soundtrack was recorded live at the NBA Big Sing in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dear lord and father
• hymn
• the big sing
• ian britton

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Where's the scene on the fifth verse? It reminds me a bit of Birkenhead Park.

[THENBA]

@Inkyminkyzizwoz I filmed verse five in New Hampshire, USA

[eminence4052]

This is my favorite hymn of all time, the lyrics are so prevalent in today's modern world. "Forgive our foolish ways", mankind has been foolish in so many ways.

[K9girl29]

God bless you always and may he stay in your heart. (BELIVE is my special word and the line i always say..ok somtime..OK BARLY EVER!! i say WE WILL BELIVE)

[thelouisfanclub]

It's a beautiful hymn, so lovely, the words

But somehow contradicts itself

esp. if you read the whole poem, it's talking about how music and things like that make us "feel" closer to heaven but really it's just an illusion and the only way you can be closer to god is in deeper reverence

yet this has been set to music

hmm

[SuperAngelface2]

love this song very much

[helenevienna]

got here through Atonement...never found the song at that time, but on Christmas day today I saw composer Parry on the TV and they showed the scene from Atonement...so I started looking again. Should've looked on IMDB, silly me :)

[michaelsawh]

love this!

[fruits245678]

This was at my grandmas funeral about a month ago, it's such a lovely hymn. It came up in the church service last night and made my grandpa and I very emotional. Still, it's so beautiful I can't help but want to listen to it all the time!

[Solomon3498]

Thank you for posting this vedio is a lovely Song

[waynegretzky4pm]

"The tender whisper of Thy call..Speak through the the earthquake wind and fire, O still small voice of calm". Don't wait for the Holy Spirit to speak to you in earthquake wind or fire. Elijah found the voice of God in a "still, small voice". (1Kings 19) Soli deo gloria!

[lilcrazygirl1]

the last two versus made me cry! it reminded me of the soldiers singing in the film 'Atonement'

[MrEnlighteneddespot]

Such a great hymn. Praise the Lord

[RandomLari]

I was reading along in my hymnal, and the fourth verse on here isn't even in the Hymnal. Needless to say, I was very confused for a moment.