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This Is My Father's World
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Sep 22, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
A hymn of quiet confidence in God's ownership of creation, this setting moves through the natural world as a chorus of praise. The opening lines invite the listener to hear what nature itself is singing — the music of the spheres, birds raising their carols, the morning light and the white lily declaring their Maker's praise. The singer finds rest not in escape from the world but in belonging to it: rocks and trees, skies and seas are the work of a hand that still holds them. The middle verses turn inward, locating God's presence in the small and ordinary — a rustling grass, a passing whisper — so that the divine voice is heard everywhere rather than confined to a sanctuary. The final stanzas confront the fact that wrong often appears stronger than right, yet insist that God remains ruler. The battle is not finished, and the song looks ahead to the day when the crucified Christ is satisfied and earth and heaven become one. It is a hymn that holds present beauty and future resolution together, ending not on escape but on reunion.
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This is my Father's world
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and around 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
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 can hear Him pass
He speaks to me everywhere
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 will be satisfied
And earth and heaven be one
This is my Father's world
The battle is not done
Jesus who died will be satisfied
And earth and heaven be one