Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#22

22. This Is My Father's World

1 This is my Father's world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--
His hand the wonders wrought.

2 This is my Father's world,
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

3 This is my Father's world:
O let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father's world:
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and heaven be one.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: This is my Father's world
• Title: This Is My Father's World
• Author: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1858-1901
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: God the Father: God in Nature; God the Father: His Sovereignty
• Copyright: Words from "Thoughts for Every Day Living" by Maltbie D. Babcock; Copyright 1901, by Charles Scribner's and Sons; 1929 by Katharine T. Babcock. Reprinted by permission of the publishers
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TERRA BEATA
• Composer: Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852-1930
• Key: E♭ Major