๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ป
“This is My Father’s World” is a popular Christian hymn penned by one of the leading Presbyterian ministers of his generation, Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901). He wrote the hymn with such concrete language that even children can understand its message at a basic level. The original form of the text was in sixteen stanzas of four lines, headed โThis is my Fatherโs world,โ without music.
While a pastor in Lockport, New York, near Lake Ontario, Babcock is fond of โtaking morning walks to the top of a hill north of town where he had a full view of Lake Ontario and the surrounding country.โ It was said that he had a frequent expression before leaving for these walks, โ๐โ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ.โ
๐๐จ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐
This world is Godโs creative work, His masterpiece. This world brings us the message of Godโs presence, Godโs personality, Godโs power, and Godโs purpose.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐?
On days when everyday becomes an endless routine of constantly feeling like a machine being manipulated by various external factors, we lose control of ourselves. We get swayed away by unwanted motions, pushing us towards the current that leads to a sea of inexplicable thoughts and emotions. Getting hold of ourselves seems like a real struggle when every time we try to grip, things slip. Itโs draining, drowning, and exhausting.
Babcock shifts his focus in the final stanza from describing the visual and aural beauty of nature to the reality that all is not right with the world. The hymn is not just a mere outburst of song about nature, but a seasoned appreciation, beautifully worded, of unfailing trust in the ways and judgments of God.
Why should you worry when โ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐?โ Why should your heart be sad? โ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ.โ
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Lyrics of the Song
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐
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:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!
