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{ "title": "Why should I feel discouraged", "author": "", "tune": "His Eyes on the Sparrow", "number": "725", "lyrics": "Why should I feel discouraged,\n\nWhy should the shadows come,\n\nWhy should my heart be lonely\n\nAnd long for heav'n and home,\n\nWhen Jesus is my portion?\n\nMy constant Friend is he:\n\n\nHis eye is on the sparrow,\n\nAnd I know he watches me;\n\nHis eye is on the sparrow,\n\nAnd I know he watches me.\n\n\n\"Let not your heart be troubled,\"\n\nHis tender Word I hear,\n\nAnd resting on his goodness,\n\nI lose my doubt and fear;\n\nThough by the path he leadeth\n\nBut one step I may see:\n\n\nWhenever I am tempted,\n\nWhenever clouds arise,\n\nWhen songs give place to sighing,\n\nWhen hope within me dies,\n\nI draw the closer to him,\n\nFrom care he sets me free;", "first_line": "Why should I feel discouraged," }