69 | The Hymnal#70 | 71a |
Text: | This is my Father's world |
Author: | Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock |
Tune: | TERRA PATRIS |
Arranger: | Edward Shippen Barnes |
Composer (melody): | Franklin L. Sheppard |
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 | |
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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(6 more...) |
Copyright: | Words from "Thoughts for Every-Day Living." Copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons. |
Tune Information | |
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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. |