So often men are blessed With prosperity The goodness and mercy of God They no longer seeThey seem to say within Thy soul take thine ease And they turn away from God And do just as they pleaseBut as an eagle Stirreth her nest So that her young ones Will have no restGod in His own Mysterious way Stirs up His people To watch and prayIt's tragic that we are So soon to forget To our God we are So deeply in debtWe grow so careless And we grow so unconcerned The first thing that we know The scales have been turnedBut as an eagle Stirreth her nest So that her young ones Will have no restGod in His own Mysterious way Stirs up His people To watch and prayGod stirreth the world In Noah's day He sent a flood To wash them awayHe stirreth Moses At the burning bush He stirreth
