Count Your Blessings

Authors

Johnson Oatman Jr (Text)
Edwin O. Excell (Music)

Count Your Blessings

Verse 1
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Whe
n upon life's billows
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you are tem
pest-tossed
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Wh
en you are discouraged
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thinking al
l is lost
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Cou
nt your many blessings
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name them o
ne by one
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d it will surprise
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you what the Lo
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Chorus
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ount your blessings
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name them o
ne by one
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ount your blessings
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ount your bl
essings
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me them one by one
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ount your many bl
essings
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see what Go
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Verse 2
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A
re you ever burdened
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with a lo
ad of care?
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Do
es the cross seem heavy
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you are cal
led to bear?
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Co
unt your many blessings
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every dou
bt will fly
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An
d you will keep singing
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ys g
o by
Verse 3
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W
hen you look at others
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with their
 lands and gold
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T
hink that Christ has promised
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you His we
alth untold
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Co
unt your many blessings
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money ca
nnot buy
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ur reward in heaven
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nor your ho
me o
n hig
h
Verse 4
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o, amid the conflict
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whether gr
eat or small
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o not be discouraged
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God is ov
er all
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unt your many blessings
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ll attend
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lp and comfort give
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you to your jo
urne
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