This Is My Father’s World
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This arrangement was commissioned by Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, where my friend Wendell Kimbrough directs worship. Without gilding the lily, it heightens the beloved hymn with a sparkly piano arrangement and optional strings.
words by Maltbie D. Babcock
music by Franklin L. Sheppard
arranged by Greg Scheer
copyright October 11, 2023
CCLI pending
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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:
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.
3. This 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:
the battle is not done!
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
and earth and heaven be one.
