His Eyes Is On The Sparrow

I shared this story today while conducting the Companion Club at Waverley Temple.

Early in the spring of 1905, Civilla Martin, together with her husband, was sojouring in Elmira, New York. They con­tract­ed a deep friend­ship for a cou­ple by the name of Mr and Mrs Doo­lit­tle — true saints of God.

Mrs Doo­lit­tle had been bed­rid­den for nigh twen­ty years. Her hus­band was an in­cur­a­ble crip­ple who had to pro­pel him­self to and from his bus­i­ness in a wheel chair. De­spite their af­flict­ions, they lived hap­py Christ­ian lives, bring­ing in­spir­a­tion and com­fort to all who knew them.

One day while the Martins were vi­sit­ing with the Doo­lit­tles, Mr Martin com­ment­ed on their bright hope­ful­ness and asked them for the se­cret of it. Mrs Doo­lit­tle’s re­ply was sim­ple (and went on to become a well known gospel song):

“His eye is on the spar­row, and I know He watch­es me.”

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,

Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,

When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:

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.

“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;

His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

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.

Matthew 10:31 (NLT) ~ "So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows."