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Text: | His Eye Is on the Sparrow |
Author: | Civilla 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.
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.
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.
3 Whenever I am tempted,
whenever clouds arise,
when song 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.
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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why should I feel discouraged? |
Title: | His Eye Is on the Sparrow |
Author: | Civilla Martin |
Refrain First Line: | His eye is on the sparrow |
Meter: | Irregular with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2001 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Grace: Pardon and Assurance |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SPARROW |
Composer: | Charles H. Gabriel |
Meter: | Irregular with Refrain |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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