A Little Bird I Am – Hymn 724 (New Tune)
Channel: Hymns & Spiritual Songs
Date: 2019-10-29

Hymn 724 (New Tune)


Category: Comfort in Trials
Subcategory: By Enjoyment in Suffering
Lyrics: Madame Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (1648-1717) 


Lyrics Credits: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/nt/724

1  A little bird I am,
  Shut from the fields of air,
And in my cage I sit and sing
  To Him who placed me there;
Well pleased a prisoner to be,
Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee.

2 Nought have I else to do,
  I sing the whole day long;
And He whom most I love to please
  Doth listen to my song;
He caught and bound my wandering wing;
But still He bends to hear me sing.

3 Thou hast an ear to hear
  A heart to love and bless;
And though my notes were e’er so rude,
  Thou wouldst not hear the less;
Because Thou knowest as they fall,
That love, sweet love, inspires them all.

4 My cage confines me round;
  Abroad I cannot fly;
But though my wing is closely bound,
  My heart’s at liberty;
For prison walls cannot control
The flight, the freedom of the soul.

5 O it is good to soar
  These bolts and bars above!
To Him whose purpose I adore,
  Whose providence I love;
And in Thy mighty will to find
The joy, the freedom of the mind.

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