Can it be that our Father in heaven

Can it be that our Father in heaven

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
Tune: [Can it be that our Father in heaven]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Can it be that our Father in heaven
Remembers a creature like me,
He who marshals the stars in their courses,
And measures the bounds of the sea?

Refrain:
He who watches the flight of the song-bird
O’er mountain and desert and wild,
He who watches the flight of the song-bird,
Will care for the soul of His child.

2 Can it be that He watches my struggle,
And helps when temptation is near?
Can it be that He cares for my sorrow?
My faltering pray’r can He hear? [Refrain]

3 Can it be that such pow’r and such pity
Are linked in the Helper divine?
Can it be that thro’ infinite mercy,
This infinite Helper is mine? [Refrain]

Source: Great Revival Hymns No.2 #145

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Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie B. Pounds (1861-1921) Born: Au­gust 31, 1861, Hir­am, Ohio (near Cleve­land). Died: March 3, 1921, Hir­am, Ohio. Buried: Fair­view Cem­e­te­ry, Hir­am, Ohio. Jessie Pounds was in poor health as a child, and re­ceived her ear­ly edu­ca­tion at home. At age 15, she be­gan sub­mit­ting ar­ti­cles to Cleve­land news­pa­pers and var­i­ous re­li­gious pub­li­ca­tions. In 1896, she mar­ried Rev­er­end John Pounds, pas­tor of the Cen­tral Christ­ian Church in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. In her ear­ly years, an ed­i­tor com­ment­ed that some of her po­e­try would make good hymn texts. So be­gan her song writ­ing ca­reer. Over her life­time, she wrote 50 li­bret­tos for can­ta­ta… Go to person page >

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First Line: Can it be that our Father in heaven
Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
Refrain First Line: He who watches the flight
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