Christ in Song 248
Count Your Many Blessings
Words: Johnson Oatman Jr.Music: E. O. Excell
1Count your man-y bless-ings, name them one by one, And it will sur-prise you what the Lord hath done.
Count your man-y bless-ings, see what God hath done; Count your man-y bless-ings, name them one by one.
RefrainCount your bless-ings, name them one by one;
Count your bless-ings, see what God hath done;
Count your bless-ings, name them one by one;
Count your man-y bless-ings, see what God hath done.
2Are you ev-er bur-dened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heav-y you are called to bear?
Count your man-y bless-ings, ev-'ry doubt will fly, And you will be sing-ing as the days go by.
3When you look at oth-ers with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has prom-ised you His wealth un-told;
Count your man-y bless-ings, mon-ey can-not buy Your re-ward in heav-en, nor your home on high.
4So a-mid the con-flict, wheth-er great or small, Do not be dis-cour-aged, God is o-ver all;
Count your man-y bless-ings, an-gels will at-tend, Help and com-fort give you to your jour-ney's end.
- Words
- Johnson Oatman Jr.
- Music
- E. O. Excell
Copyright 1897, by E. O. Excell.
The verse
- Meter
- 22.22
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 38% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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