His Eye Is On The Sparrow

"Why should I feel discouraged?

Why should the shadows come?

Why should my heart be lonely

And long for heav'n and home

When Jesus is my portion?

My constant Friend is He:

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me."

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"Let not your heart be troubled,"

His tender words I hear;

And resting on His goodness,

I lose my doubt and fear.

Tho' by the path He leadeth

But one step I may see:

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me."

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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."

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His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me.

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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."

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(text: Civilla D. Martin)

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This song is especially dear to me as when my two girls were small,

they would climb up into the tree branches and sing this song .

"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one is forgotten before God?"

Luke 12:6