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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:
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 heaven be one.
WORDS: Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1901
MUSIC: Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915 Harm. 1953 for The Hymnbook; alt. 1988
Theme: God