The Song Book of the Salvation Army 42. This is my Father's world

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army‎#42

Text:	This is my Father's world
Author:	Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901)

42. This is my Father's world

Full Text

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.