Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)
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.
Verse 2 (sung at the end)
This is our Father's world:
O let us not forget
That though the wrong is great and strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
He trusts us with his world
to keep it clean and fair
All earth and trees, all skies and seas
All creatures everywhere
Verse 3
This is my Father’s world:
God shines in all that’s fair;
In rustling grass I hear him pass
He speaks to me everywhere.
This is my Father's world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let heaven ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!
Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish, including thetabernaclechoir.org, umcdiscipleship.org, and hymnary.org.
Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.