This Is My Father's World

This Is My Father's World

Text written in 1901 by Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901)

Sung to TERRA BEATA, composed in 1915 by Franklin L. Sheppard (1852-1930)

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

V. 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.

V. 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.

Psalm 97:1 The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.

V. 3 This is my Father's world,

O let me ne'er forget

That though the wrong seems oft so strong,

God si 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.

Can You Count the Stars?

Can You Count the Stars?

Text written by Wilhelm Hey (1789-1854), translated by H. W. Dulcken, vs. 1-3; v. 2, anonymous

Sung to a German Folk Tune

Genesis 15:5 The Lord took him [Abraham] outside and said, “Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that.”

Psalms 147:4 He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.

V. 1 Can you count the stars that brightly 

Twinkle in the midnight sky?

Can you count the clouds, so lightly

O'er the meadows floating by?

God, the Lord, doth mark their number 

With His eyes that never slumber;

He hath made them every one,

He hath made them every one.

V. 2 Can you count the wings now flashing

In the sunshine's golden light?

Can you count the fishes splashing

In the cooling waters bright?

God, the Lord, a name hath given,

To all creatures under heaven;

He hath named them every one,

He hath named them every one.

V. 3 Do you know how many children

Rise each morning blithe and gay?

Can you count their jolly voices,

Singing sweetly day by day?

God hears all the happy voices,

In their merry songs rejoices;

And He loves them, every one,

And He loves them, every one.

God Who Spoke in the Beginning

God Who Spoke in the Beginning

Text written by Fred Kaan (1929-2009)

Sung to the hymn tune NEW MALDEN

Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

V.1 God who spoke in the beginning, 

Forming rock and shaping spar, 

Set all life and growth in motion,

Earthly world and distant star;

He who calls the earth to order 

Is the ground of what we are.

Hebrews 1:1, 2 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets many times and in many different ways. But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world.

V. 2 God who spoke thro' men and nations,

Thro' events long past and gone,

Showing still today His purpose,

Speaks supremely through His son;

He who calls the earth to order

Gives His word and it is done.

John 1:14 The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father—and he was full of grace and truth.

John 15:20 Remember what I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, they will do wrong to you, too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours, too.

V. 3 God whose speech becomes incarnate--

Christ is servant, Christ is Lord--

Calls us to a life of service,

Heart and will to action stirred;

He who uses man's obedience

Has the first and final word.

Based on Genesis 1:26, 27; Exodus 3:14

You are My reflection
With My hands
Your body I formed
Lovingly
Carefully
Tenderly
Your are My friend
Glorify Me
Show the world who I AM

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