What significant way to reflect on Father’s Day, in celebration of the Dads in the world, than to give thanks and laud him, the greatest and most awesome father of all, our Father God Almighty!
Here’s a brief history of the hymn “This is My Father’s World.”
Hymn by Maltbie Babcock and Franklin Sheppard, Tune “Terra Beata”
Notes on “This is My Father’s World,” a hymn by Maltbie Babcock, showing God’s presence, power, personality and purpose. Scripture references Psalm 33:5, Psalm 50:12b
“This is My Father’s World” is taken from a sixteen-verse poem written by the Reverend Maltbie D. Babcock, one of the outstanding Presbyterian ministers of his day. It was published posthumously in 1901. The first line of each of the sixteen stanzas begins with “This is my Father’s World.”
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