This Is My Father’s World
Backgrounder: Maltbie Babcock
was an athlete. When he was
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Lockport New York,
he would run out in the morning
to the brow of the hill two miles
away & look over at Lake Ontario.
Before he left, he would tell his
church staff: I am going out to
see my Father’s world. Babcock
loved athletics & nature as well as
music. So it was not strange that
he should write a hymn extolling
God’s handiwork in nature,
inspired also by Psalms 33.
Lord, we Stand in awe of You
The Lord merely spoke, and
the heavens were created.
He breathed the world,
and all the stars were born.
He assigned the sea its
boundaries and locked the
oceans in vast reservoirs.
Let the whole world fear
the Lord. And let everyone
stand in awe of him (Psa 33:6-8)
Lord, Thanks for Yr Creation with
the beauty which we can enjoy
as we travel & as we walk around.
When we look at the seas and
the hills, flowering plants,
animals and birds, the night sky, the
moon and the stars; we realise
we are blessed to behold
all the beauty that surrounds us.
We are amazed for the greatness
& majesty of all that You’ve made.
And we join in praise with the
writer of the psalms when he
says: O Lord, our God, how
majestic is your name in all the
earth. You are indeed worthy, our
God, to receive glory & honor &
power for you created all things.
We give You praise & thanks for
the gift of nature for us to enjoy.
And in the challenges we face,
You are all powerful, in control
and that God is the Ruler Yet!!
In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.
This is my Father’s world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings & round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world:
I rest me in the thoughts
Of rocks & trees, of skies & seas
His hand the wonders wrought.
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:
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and heav’n be one.
Backgrounder: Maltbie Babcock
was an athlete. When he was
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Lockport New York,
he would run out in the morning
to the brow of the hill two miles
away & look over at Lake Ontario.
Before he left, he would tell his
church staff: I am going out to
see my Father’s world. Babcock
loved athletics & nature as well as
music. So it was not strange that
he should write a hymn extolling
God’s handiwork in nature,
inspired also by Psalms 33.
Lord, we Stand in awe of You
The Lord merely spoke, and
the heavens were created.
He breathed the world,
and all the stars were born.
He assigned the sea its
boundaries and locked the
oceans in vast reservoirs.
Let the whole world fear
the Lord. And let everyone
stand in awe of him (Psa 33:6-8)
Lord, Thanks for Yr Creation with
the beauty which we can enjoy
as we travel & as we walk around.
When we look at the seas and
the hills, flowering plants,
animals and birds, the night sky, the
moon and the stars; we realise
we are blessed to behold
all the beauty that surrounds us.
We are amazed for the greatness
& majesty of all that You’ve made.
And we join in praise with the
writer of the psalms when he
says: O Lord, our God, how
majestic is your name in all the
earth. You are indeed worthy, our
God, to receive glory & honor &
power for you created all things.
We give You praise & thanks for
the gift of nature for us to enjoy.
And in the challenges we face,
You are all powerful, in control
and that God is the Ruler Yet!!
In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.
This is my Father’s world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings & round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world:
I rest me in the thoughts
Of rocks & trees, of skies & seas
His hand the wonders wrought.
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:
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and heav’n be one.