When I Looked Up and He Looked Down

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I was wandering far from Jesus in the paths of sin and shame

Author: Albert E. Brumley (1955)
Tune: [I was wandering far from Jesus in the paths of sin and shame]
Published in 16 hymnals

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1 I was wand'ring far from Jesus
In the paths of sin and shame,
When I looked and He looked down,
I had never sought salvation,
Never trusted in His name,
When I looked up and He looked down.

Refrain:
Yes I looked up and He looked down,
And what do you know I am Heaven bound,
Yes I looked up and He looked down,
And some of these days I know,
I'll wear a crown.

2 All my burdens have been lighter,
Ever since I changed my way,
When I looked up and He looked down,
I am walking in His favor,
And I praise Him for the day,
When I looked up and He looked down. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Saints #286

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Author: Albert E. Brumley

Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I was wandering far from Jesus in the paths of sin and shame
Title:	When I Looked Up and He Looked Down
Author:	Albert E. Brumley (1955)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Yes, I looked up and He looked down
Publication Date:	1955
Copyright:	© 1955, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co., in "Gospel Light"