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. 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.

1 Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flow'rs before Thee, Op'ning to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us with the light of day! 2 All Thy works with joy surround Thee, Earth and heav'n reflect Thy rays, Stars and angels sing around Thee, Center of unbroken praise; Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea, Chanting bird and flowing fountain Praising Thee eternally!

Psalm 8: "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and…

1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid from our eyes, most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. 2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; thy justice like mountains high soaring above thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love. 3 To all life thou givest, to both great and small; in all life thou livest, the true life of all; we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, and wither and perish but naught changeth thee. 4 Great Father of glory, pure Father of light, thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight; all praise we would render, O help us to see 'tis…

1 Stand up and bless the Lord, ye people of His choice; stand up and bless the Lord your God with heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, above all blessing high, who would not fear His holy name and laud and magnify? 3 O for the living flame from His own altar brought, to touch our lips, our minds inspire, and wing to heav'n our thought! 4 There, with benign regard, our hymns He deigns to hear; tho' unrevealed to mortal sense, the spirit feels Him near.

Philippians 2:5-11: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: