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
Tune: [I was wandering far from Jesus in the paths of sin and shame]
Published in 9 hymnals

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
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Yes, I looked up and He looked down
Publication Date:	1955
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1955.