Lift Every Voice and Sing II 191
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
- Tune
- [why should i feel discouraged]
- Author(s)
- Civilla D. Martin (1860-1948)
- Composer(s)
- Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932); Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935)
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1 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:
Refrain: 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; [Refrain]
3 When ever I am tempted, When ever 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; [Refrain]