Father’s World

Lyrics

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 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 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 Why should my heart be sad? The Lord is King; let the heavens ring God reigns; let the earth be glad This is my Father's world May we tend her gentle light Her seas are filled with the oil we've spilled Her skies growing warm in their blight This is our Father's world He has fashioned us a home Unless our crib become our grave This world is not our own