count
your blessings
(words
and music by E.O. Excell,1897)
Chorus:
count your blessings, name them one by one;
count your blessings, see what God had done;
count your blessings, name them one by one
count your many blessings see what God had done.
1.
when
upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
when you are discouraged,
thinking all is lost,
count your many blessings,
name them one by one,
and it will surprised
you what the Lord had done.
(repeat Chorus)
2. are you ever burdened
with a load of care?
does the cross seem heavy
you are called to bear?
count your many blessings,
every doubt will fly,
and you will be singing
as the days go by.
(repeat Chorus)
3. when you look at others
with their lands and gold,
think that Christ had
promised you with His wealth untold,
count your many blessings,
money cannot buy
your reward in Heaven
nor your home on high.
(repeat Chorus)
4. so, amid the conflict
whether great or small,
do not be discouraged,
God is over all;
count your many blessings,
angels will attend;
help and comfort give
you till your journey’s end.
(repeat chorus)