Hymns for the Living Church ‎#58

58. 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:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!

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.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Job 38:7
  ;
  Psalm 19:1
  ;
  Psalm 103:19
• Topic: Adoration; God the Father: in Nature; God the Father: Sovereignty

Tune Information

• Name: TERRA BEATA
• Composer: Franklin L. Sheppard (1915)
• Meter: S.M.D.
• Key: E♭ Major