SDA Hymnal 92
This Is My Father's World
Words: Maltbie Davenport BabcockMusic: Franklin L. SheppardTune: Terra BeataS.M.D.
1This 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.
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 everywhere.
3This 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.
- Music
- Franklin L. Sheppard
- Tune
- Terra Beata
- Meter
- S.M.D.
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.8.6.6.6.8.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 61% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCBADED
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”
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