Hymn
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 hath done.
Count your blessings, (Count your many blessings,)
Name them one by one; (Name them one by one;)
Count your blessings, (count your many blessings,)
See what God hath done; (See what God that done;)
Count your blessings, (Count your many)
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.
Count Your Blessings — Text from The New Praiseworthy, 1916. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/count-your-blessings
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Count Your Blessings?
The words of Count Your Blessings were written by Johnson Oatman, Jr.; the version here was published in 1916. The library also holds Higher Ground, another hymn by Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Is Count Your Blessings public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Praiseworthy, published in 1916. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Count Your Blessings?
Count Your Blessings is in 11.11.11.11 with refrain. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, He Brought Me Out, To God Be the Glory and 'Mid Scenes of Confusion and Creature Complaints.