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Text:This is my Father's world
Author (st. 1):Maltbie D. Babcock, 1858-1901
Author (st. 2):Mary Babcock Crawford, 1909-
Tune:TERRA PATRIS
Arranger:Anonymous

242. 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 our Father’s world,
oh let us not forget
that though the wrong is great and strong,
God is our 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.

Text Information
First Line: This is my Father's world
Author (st. 1): Maltbie D. Babcock, 1858-1901
Author (st. 2): Mary Babcock Crawford, 1909-
Meter: S.M. D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: General Hymns: God the Father
Tune Information
Name: TERRA PATRIS
Arranger: Anonymous
Meter: S.M. D
Key: E♭ Major
Source: English Traditional Melody



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