Moravian Book of Worship ‎#456

456. 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:
O let us not forget
that though the wrong is often strong,
God is the ruler yet.
He trusts us with his world,
to keep it clean and fair -
all earth and trees, all skies and seas,
all creatures ev'rywhere.

3 This is my Father's world:
he shines in all that's fair;
in rustling grass I hear him pass -
he speaks to me ev'rywhere.
this is my Father's world:
why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King, let heaven ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad.

Text Information

• First Line: This is my Father's world
• Title: This Is My Father's World
• Author: Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901, alt.)
• Adaptor (st. 2): Mary Babcock Crawford (1972)
• Meter: S.M.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1
  ;
  Psalm 8
  ;
  Psalm 19:1-6
  ;
  Psalm 24:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 104
  ;
  Psalm 145:10-13
  ;
  Matthew 6:25-34
  ;
  Acts 4:24
  ;
  Ephesians 1:2-14
• Topic: Father and Creator; God; God--Creator; Stewardship

Tune Information

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