Hymns

This Is My Father's World

Words: Maltbie D. Babcock · Music: Franklin L. Sheppard · 1901

Verse 1
This is my Father's world,
and to my list'ning 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.

Verse 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 ev'rywhere.

Verse 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 heav'n be one.

Words: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901, alt. | Music: English folk melody, adapt. Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915

Genesis 1; 1 Chronicles 29; Psalm 19; Psalm 66; Psalm 124; Psalm 148; Isaiah 40; Isaiah 45; Romans 1; Colossians 1; Hebrews 11

Creation · God as Creator · God, Providence of · Perseverance