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| Text: | This Is My Father's World |
| Author: | Maltbie D. Babcock |
| Tune: | TERRA PATRIS |
| Composer: | Franklin L. Sheppard |
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.
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 heav'n be one.
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| First Line: | This is my Father's world |
| Title: | This Is My Father's World |
| Author: | Maltbie D. Babcock |
| Meter: | 6.6.8.6.D.(S.M.D.) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Topic: | Creator; God, His Providence, Will; Praise, Adoration, Worship, Exaltation of God |
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| Name: | TERRA PATRIS |
| Composer: | Franklin L. Sheppard |
| Meter: | 6.6.8.6.D.(S.M.D.) |
| Key: | D Major |
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