Table of Contents

  1. 1 - Be Still, My Soul
  2. 2 - Count Your Blessings
  3. 3 - It Is Well with My Soul
  4. 4 - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
  5. 5 - Like a River Glorious

1 - Be Still, My Soul

                        Be Still, My Soul
   Words: Katharina von Schlegel, b. 1697
   Tune: Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957
   Category: Life in Christ
   C  G      C  Dm    C   G    C    Am  G      C
1. Be still, my soul! the Lord is   on  thy    side;
2. Be still, my soul! thy God  doth un -der  - take
3. Be still, my soul! the hour is   has-t'ning on
   C    G     C     Dm C    G     C  Am    G   C
1. Bear pa   -tient-ly the  cross of grief or  pain;
2. To   guide the   fu-ture as    He has   the past.
3. When we    shall be for -ev   -er with  the Lord,
   Em            Am                     G        Dm
1. Leave to thy  God to or-der          and pro -vide
2. Thy hope, thy con-fi-dence let       noth-ing shake;
3. When dis-ap  -point-ment, grief, and fear are gone,
   Dm  C   G   C           Am    G         E
1. In  ev-'ry  change He   faith-ful will  re-main.
2. All now mys-te-rious    shall be bright at last.
3. Sor-row for-got, love's pur  -est joys  re-stored.
   C         Em Am    C           G               Dm
1. Be still, my soul! thy best,   thy heav'n-ly   Friend
2. Be still, my soul! the waves   and winds still know
3. Be still, my soul! when change and tears are   past;
   Dm   C     G   C          Am       G        C 
1. Thru thorn-y   ways leads to a     joy-ful  end.
2. His  voice Who ruled them while He dwelt be-low.
3. All  safe  and bless-ed   we shall meet at  last.
                    

2 - Count Your Blessings

                        Count Your Blessings
   Words: Johnson Oatman, JR.
   Tune: Edwin Excell
VERSE 1
A                                G7  F#7 G7
When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
E                E7                A   D  A
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
A                                    G7  F#7 G7
Count your many blessings, name them one by  one,
E              E7                  A   E    A
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
CHORUS
A                               E   E7 E
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
E7                             A   D    A
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
A          E     D    E7
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
A                  D              A     E7  A 
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
VERSE 2
A                            G7   F#7 G7
Are you ever burdened with a load of  care?
E                E7               A      D  A
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
A                                 G7   F#7  G7
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
E              E7                A    E  A
And you will keep singing as the days go by.
VERSE 3
A                                  G7    F#7 G7
When you look at others with their lands and gold,
E                E7                    A      D  A
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
A                                     G7   F#7  G7
Count your many blessings. Wealth can nev -er  buy
E              E7                A    E  A
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
VERSE 4
A                             G7    F#7 G7
So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
E                E7         A   D   A
Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
A                                 G7   F#7  G7
Count your many blessings, angels will att-end,
E                E7               A   D     A
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
                    

3 - It Is Well with My Soul

                        It Is Well with My Soul
   Words: Horatio G. Spafford 1828-1888
   Tune: Philip P. Bliss 1838-1876
   Category: Peace and Joy
   D          G     D          A    D      Em    A     A7     D
1. When peace like  a      riv-er   at    -tend -eth   my     way,
2. Though Sa -tan   should buf-fet, though tri  -als   should come,
3. My sin-    O     the  bliss of   this   glo  -ri   -ous    thought,
4. And Lord   haste the day    when my     faith shall be     sight,
   D    Bm               E        E7   A       D               A   G
1. When sor-rows like    sea-bil -lows roll;   What-ev-er      my  lot,
2. Let  this blest as   -sur-ance con- trol,   That Christ has re -gard
3. My   sin- not in      part but the  whole,  Is nailed to    the cross
4. The  clouds be rolled back as  a    scroll, The trump shall re -sound
   G        Em         G  A            A7   D     G          D     A     Asus4 D
1. Thou has taught me  to say,  It     is   well, it is      well  with  my    soul.
2. -ed my   help-less  es-tate, And    hath shed  His own    blood for   my    soul.
3. and I    bear it    no more. Praise the  Lord, praise the Lord, O     my    soul!
4. and the  Lord shall de-scend, "e   -ven  so"   it is      well  with  my    soul.
Chorus
A
It is well with my soul
D     G           D    A       D
It is well, It is well with my soul.
                    

4 - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

                        Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
   Words: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933
   Tune: Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827
   Category: Peace and Joy
   G       C/G   X         C   G     D     G         D    G          D
1. Joyful, Joy  -ful, we   a  -dore  Thee, God of    glo -ry, Lord   of love;
2. All Thy works with joy  sur-round Thee, Earth and heav'n re-flect Thy rays,
3. Mor-tals join the might-y   cho  -rus   Which the morn-ing stars  be-gan;
   G         G7        X       C   G     D     G        D    G     D   G
1. Hearts un-fold like flow'rs be -fore  Thee, Op'n-ing to   the   sun a-bove.
2. Stars and an-gels   sing    a-  round Thee, Cen-ter  of   un   -bro-ken praise.
3. Fa-ther love is     reign-  ing o'er  us,   Broth-er love binds man to man.
   D         G         D        G          D         B    B7  Em    A   D
1. Melt the  clouds of sin and  sad-ness;  Drive the dark of  doubt a  -way;
2. Field and for-est,  vale and moun-tain, Flow-'ry  mead-ow, flash-ing sea,
3. Ev-er     sing-ing, march we on-ward,   Vic-tors  in   the midst of  strife;
   G         G7       X     C   G    D     G       D    G    D     G   
1. Giv-er    of im   -mor  -tal glad-ness, Fill us with the  light of day.
2. Chant-ing bird and flow -ing foun-tain  Call us to   re  -joice in Thee.
3. Joy-ful   mu-sic   leads us  on  -ward  In the  tri -umph song  of life.
                    

5 - Like a River Glorious

                        Like a River Glorious
   Words: Frances R. Havergal 1836-1879
   Tune: James Mountain 1844-1933
   Category: Peace and Joy
  F       C      F   F/D#  Bb       C        F
1 Like a  riv-er glo-rious Is God's per-fect peace,
2 Hid-den in the hol-low   Of His   bless-ed hand,
3 Ev-'ry  joy or tri-al    Fall-eth from a  -bome,
  F      Am        F   F/D#  C      G      G7  C
1 O-ver  all vic-  to- rious In its bright in- crease;
2 Nev-er foe can   fol-low,  Nev-er trai-  tor stand;
3 Traced up-on our di- al    By the Sun    of  Love;
  F                Bb   F   Gm      F        C
1 Per-fect, yet it flow-eth Full-er ev-'ry   day,
2 Not a surge of   wor -ry, Not a   shade of care,
3 We may trust Him ful -ly  All for us to    do-
  F        A7        Dm   G7  F         Gm   C7  F
1 Per-fect yet   it  grow-eth Deep- er  all  the way.
2 Not a    blast of  hur -ry  Touch the spir-it  there.
3 They who trust Him whol-ly  Find  Him whol-ly  true.
Chorus
F               Bb Am   Gm         F      C
Stayed up-on Je-ho-vah, Hearts are ful-ly blest-
F         A7    Dm   G7    F        Gm    C7  F
Find-ing, as He prom-ised, Per-fect peace and rest.