Count Your Blessings
Words: Johnson Oatman, JR.
Tune: Edwin Excell
VERSE 1
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
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When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
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Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
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And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
CHORUS
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Count your blessings, name them one by one,
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Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
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Count your blessings, name them one by one,
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And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
VERSE 2
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Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
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Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
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Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
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And you will keep singing as the days go by.
VERSE 3
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When you look at others with their lands and gold,
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Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
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Count your many blessings. Wealth can nev -er buy
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Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
VERSE 4
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So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
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Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
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Count your many blessings, angels will att-end,
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Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
