This Is My Father's World

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! The battle is not done;
 Jesus who died,
 shall be satisfied,
 And earth and heav'n be one.
 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!
 Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the mysteries of your creation, we may come to know you more truly, and more surely fulfill our role in your eternal purpose; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
 Amen.