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| Text: | This Is My Father's World |
| Author: | Maltbie D. Babcock |
| Reviser (stanza 2): | Mary Babcock Crawford |
| Tune: | TERRA BEATA |
| Adapter: | Franklin L. Sheppard |
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 our 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 the 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 | |
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| First Line: | This is my Father's world |
| Title: | This Is My Father's World |
| Author: | Maltbie D. Babcock (1901, alt) |
| Reviser (stanza 2): | Mary Babcock Crawford (1972) |
| Meter: | S.M.D. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Ecology; God: Creator; God: Final Victory (1 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | TERRA BEATA |
| Adapter: | Franklin L. Sheppard (1915) |
| Meter: | S.M.D. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
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