by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892)
O, Sabbath rest of Galilee!
Language: English
O, Sabbath rest of Galilee! O, calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee, the silence of eternity Interpreted by love. 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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Text Authorship:
- by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892), "The Brewing of Soma", appears in The Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and Other Poems, first published 1872 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Bergh (1882 - 1962), "Dear Lord and Father", published 1955. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Elizabeth Ender , "Dear Lord and Father", published 1941. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by J. Lamont Galbraith , "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind", published 1912. [tenor, SATB chorus, and organ] [text not verified]
- by Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781 - 1864), "Serenity" [text not verified]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Serenity", 1919, published c1930 [unison chorus or solo voice and piano], from Seven Songs for Voice and Piano [text verified 1 time]
- by Frederick Charles Maker , "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" [text not verified]
- by Mathilde McKinney (b. 1904), "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind", published 1950. [SA chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by William C. Steere , "Dear Lord and Father", published 1949. [medium voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Halsey Stevens (1908 - 1989), "O, Sabbath rest of Galilee", 1955, from Three Hymns [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54