1 As you go onward with Jesus each day,
Make the most of your blessings;
Use them and help unto others convey,
Make the most of your blessings.
Chorus:
Make the most of your blessings,
Use them for Jesus each day;
Doing your best for the lost and opprest,
Make the most of your blessings.
2 Since they are sent to your heart from above,
Make the most of your blessings;
Use them for God in return for His love,
Make the most of your blessings. [Chorus]
3 Others to strengthen, to comfort and guide;
Make the most of your blessings;
Doing His will, walking close by His side,
Make the most of your blessings. [Chorus]
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
Display Title: Make the Most of Your BlessingsFirst Line: As you go onward with Jesus each dayTune Title: [As you go onward with Jesus each day]Author: James RoweDate: 1916