Text: | God's 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 God is ever my portion?
My constant Friend will be:
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me;
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me.
2 “Let not your heart be troubled,”
Christ's tender word I hear,
And resting on God's goodness,
I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path God leads me
but one step I may see:
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me;
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me. [Refrain]
3 Whenever I am tempted,
whenever clouds arise,
When song give place to sighing,
when hope within me dies,
I then draw the close to my Savior,
from care I am set free:
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me;
God's eye is on the sparrow,
and I know God watches me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why should I feel discouraged |
Title: | God's Eye Is on the Sparrow |
Author: | Civilla D. Martin (c. 1905, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | I sing because I'm happy |
Meter: | Irr. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Comfort and Assurance; Constancy; God: Providence and Goodness of(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SPARROW |
Composer: | Charles H. Gabriel (1905) |
Meter: | Irr. |
Key: | C Major |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |