The Hymnbook ‎#101

101. 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:
Oh, 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 (1901)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Psalm 24:1
  ;
  Psalm 104:24
  ;
  Matthew 5:45
• Topic: Confidence; God: Nature, in; Victory; God the Father: in Nature
• Copyright: Words reprinted from Thoughts for Everyday Living, by Maltbie D. Babcock; copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, by Katharine T. Babcock. Used by permission of the publishers.

Tune Information

• Name: TERRA BEATA
• Composer: Franklin L. Sheppard (1915)
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Har. for this book, 1953