Count Your Blessings

Hymn lyrics by John­son Oat­man, Jr.,
Music by Edwin O. Excell

Verse 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 surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Chorus

• 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!¹

Verse 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 be² singing as the days go by.

Chorus

Verse 3

• When you look at others with their lands and gold,
• Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
• Count your many blessings. Money cannot³ buy
• Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

Chorus

Verse 4

• So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
• Do not be discouraged,⁴ God is over all;
• Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
• Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.

Chorus

¹Some hymnals read, “And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.”
²Some hymnals read, “keep”
³Some hymnals read, “Wealth can never”
⁴Some hymnals read, “disheartened”

Be Still, My Soul

Hymn lyrics by Katharina A. von Schlegel,
Translated from German by Jane L. Borthwick;
Music by Jean Sibelius

Verse 1

• Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
• Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
• Leave to thy God to order and provide;
• In ev’ry change, He faithful will remain.
• Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
• Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Verse 2

• Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
• To guide the future, as He has the past.
• Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
• All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
• Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
• His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Verse 3

• Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,
• And all is darkened in the vale of tears,
• Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
• Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.
• Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay
• From His own fullness all He takes away.

Verse 4

• Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
• When we shall be forever with the Lord.
• When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
• Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
• Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
• All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Verse 5

• Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise
• On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high;
• Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways,
• So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye.
• Be still, my soul: the Sun of life divine
• Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.

Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid

Hymn lyrics by John M. Neale,
Music by Henry W. Baker

Verse 1

• Art thou weary, art thou languid,
• Art thou sore distressed?
• “Come to Me,” saith One, “and coming,
• Be at rest.”

Verse 2

• Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
• If He be my Guide?
• In His feet and hands are wound prints
• And His side.

Verse 3

• Hath He diadem, as monarch,
• That His brow adorns?
• Yes, a crown in very surety,
• But of thorns.

Verse 4

• If I find Him, if I follow,
• What His guerdon¹ here?
• Many a sorrow, many a labor,
• Many a tear.

Verse 5

• If I still hold closely to Him,
• What hath He at last?
• Sorrow vanquished, labor ended,
• Jordan passed.

Verse 6

• If I ask Him to receive me,
• Will He say me nay?
• Not till earth and not till Heaven
• Pass away.

Verse 7

• Finding, following, keeping, struggling,
• Is He sure to bless?
• Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs,
• Answer, Yes!

¹A reward or recompense.

Seeking the Lost

Hymn lyrics and Music by William A. Ogden

Verse 1

• Seeking the lost, yes, kindly entreating
• Wanderers on the mountain astray;
• “Come unto Me,” His message repeating,
• Words of the Master speaking today.

Chorus

• Going afar (going afar)
• Upon the mountain (upon the mountain)
• Bringing the wan(bringing the wan)d’rer back again, back again,
• Into the fold (into the fold)
• Of my Redeemer (of my Redeemer)
• Jesus the Lamb (Jesus the Lamb) for sinners slain, for sinners slain.

Verse 2

• Seeking the lost and pointing to Jesus
• Souls that are weak and hearts that are sore,
• Leading them forth in ways of salvation,
• Showing the path to life evermore.

Chorus

Verse 3

• Thus would I go on missions of mercy,
• Following Christ from day unto day,
• Cheering the faint and raising the fallen,
• Pointing the lost to Jesus, the Way.

Chorus