Songs for Life ‎#95

95. 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 great and 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 everywhere.

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 everywhere.
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 D. Babcock (1901)
• Reviser (stanza 2): Mary Babcock Crawford (1972)
• Meter: SMD
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 97:1
• Topic: Singing God's Story: Creation

Tune Information

• Name: TERRA BEATA
• Adapter: Franklin L. Sheppard (1915)
• Meter: SMD
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: English