Bilingual
This Is My Father's World
- Words:
- Maltbie Babcock, 1901, tr. Federico J. Pagura
- Music:
- Franklin Lawrence Sheppard
Sheet music
- 1This is my Father’s world,And to my list’ning ears,All nature sings, and ‘round me ringsThe music of the spheres.This is my Father’s world,I rest me in the tho’tOf rocks and trees, of skies and seasHis hand the wonders wrought.
- 2This 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.
- 3This is my Father’s world,O, let me ne’er forgetThat tho’ the wrong seems oft’ so strong,God is the ruler yet.This is my Father’s world,In battle we must trodJesus who died shall be satisfied,And kingdom turns back to God.Amen
In the hymnals
- Written in 1901, the words are in 402 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.