The Hymnal ‎#70

70. 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
• Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock (1901)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: God the Father: God in Nature; Courage and Loyalty; Creation, The; God: Nature, His Glory in; God: Presence, His Abiding; Joy; Loyalty and Courage; Nature Services; Trust and Confidence
• Copyright: Words from "Thoughts for Every-Day Living." Copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons.

Tune Information

• Name: TERRA PATRIS
• Composer (melody): Franklin L. Sheppard (1915)
• Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes (1926)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Music copyright, 1927, by Edward Shippen Barnes.
• Notes: Now Public Domain.