She jotted down the idea and by the end of the day, had completed "His Eye is On The Sparrow". Martin was a poet and thought this would be a perfect idea for a poem. Matthew 10:29-31: "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid you are worth more than many sparrows." Although discouraged and sick, her friend remembered that God, her Heavenly Father, was watching over each little sparrow and would certianly watch after her. In 1904 Civilla was visiting an ill, bedridden friend. She accompanied him and they worked together on most of the musical arrangements that were sung. Her husband was an evangelist who traveled all over the United States. The Story Behind His Eye is on the SparrowĬivilla Martin was born in Nova Scotia in 1866. I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies, Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see “Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,Īnd resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He: Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home, His Eye is On The Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
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