Text: | This is my Father's world |
Author: | Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1858 - 1901 |
Tune: | TERRA PATRIS |
Composer: | Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852 - 1930 |
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;
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King, let the heavens ring;
God reigns, let the earth be glad!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | This is my Father's world |
Author: | Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1858 - 1901 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | Rogationtide; The Life In Christ: Adoration and Praise; The Life In Christ: Contemplation |
Copyright: | Reprinted from Thoughts for Everyday Living by Maltbie D. Babcock; copyright 1901 by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929 by Katherine T. Babcock; used by permission of the publishers |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TERRA PATRIS |
Composer: | Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852 - 1930 |
Meter: | S. M. D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |