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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Eb
About this Hymn
The author of this hymn once wrote, "Every gift is from above to take our thoughts and thanks above. God's gifts are to lift up our faces to his, to awaken us to love him. . . . The birds and flowers are his appeal to trust; the stately order of the heavens, to symmetry and steadiness; the beauty of nature, to the beauty of holiness; the affections of earth, to the perfect love of which they are but dear fragments." This hymn appeals to all the human senses and fills us with praise, reminding us in difficult moments that "God is the ruler yet!"
Lyrics
Verse 1
This is my Father's world, and to my list'ning 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.
Verse 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 ev'rywhere.
Verse 3
This is my Father's world; oh, 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 heav'n be one.
This is my Father's world, and to my list'ning 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.
Verse 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 ev'rywhere.
Verse 3
This is my Father's world; oh, 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 heav'n be one.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901, alt.
Music: English folk melody, adapt. Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915
Music: English folk melody, adapt. Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915