Count Your Blessings

 

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 surprise you  

what the Lord has done. 

 Count your blessings;  

Name them one by one.  

Count your blessings;  

See what God hath done.  

Count your blessings;  

Name them one by one.  

Count your many blessings;  

See what God hath done. 

Are you ever burdened  

with a load of care?  

Does the cross seem heavy  

you are called to bear?  

Count your many blessings; 

ev'ry doubt will fly,  

And you will be singing  

as the days go by. 

When you look at others  

with their lands and gold,  

Think that Christ has promised you  

his wealth untold.  

Count your many blessings; 

money cannot buy  

Your reward in heaven  

nor your home on high. 

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  

to your journey's end.  

Text: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1922  

Music: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921