Text: | His Eye Is on the Sparrow |
Author: | Civilla D. Martin |
Tune: | SPARROW |
Composer: | Charles H. Gabriel |
1 Why should I feel discouraged,
why should the shadows come,
why should my heart be lonely,
and long for heaven and home,
when Jesus is my portion?
My constant Friend is he:
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
for his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
2 “Let not your heart be troubled,”
his tender word I hear,
and resting on his goodness,
I lose my doubts and fears;
though by the path he leadeth,
but one step I may see;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me. [Refrain]
3 Whenever I am tempted,
whenever clouds arise,
when songs give place to sighing,
when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to him,
from care he sets me free;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me;
his eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why should I feel discouraged |
Title: | His Eye Is on the Sparrow |
Author: | Civilla D. Martin (1905) |
Meter: | Irr. w. refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God Beyond All Name and Form: Providence and Care; Comfort; God(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SPARROW |
Composer: | Charles H. Gabriel (1905) |
Meter: | Irr. w. refrain |
Key: | D♭ Major |