Count Thy Blessings

Count thy blessings, O my brother

Author: Ida L. Reed
Tune: [Count thy blessings, O my brother]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Count thy blessings, O my brother,
When thou’rt tempted to complain
Of life’s trials and its sorrow,
Of its ever present pain.

Refrain:
Count thy blessings, O my brother,
All thy griefs will lighter grow;
All thy cares they will outnumber,
And thy skies with light shall glow.

2 Count thy blessings, O my brother,
Never doubt thy Father’s love;
Tho’ life’s stormy thy way o’ershadow,
Still he keeps his watch above. [Refrain]

3 Count thy blessings, O my brother,
All the mercies rich and free
That doth fill thy days with gladness;
O how much God gives to thee. [Refrain]

4 Count thy blessings, O my brother,
Think not of the grief and pain;
Count thy blessings, O my brother,
And thou canst not then complain. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of the Gospel No. 2: for use in religious meetings #98

Author: Ida L. Reed

Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Ar­den, Bar­bour Coun­ty, West Vir­gin­ia. Died: Ju­ly 8, 1951, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Buried: Eb­e­nez­er Meth­odi­st Church, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Reed is said to have writ­ten 2,000 hymns in her life­time. In 1939, the Amer­i­can So­ci­e­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers re­cog­nized her "sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can mu­sic" by award­ing her a small "week­ly bo­nus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Count thy blessings, O my brother
Title: Count Thy Blessings
Author: Ida L. Reed
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Count thy blessings, O my brother
Copyright: Public Domain

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New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) #180

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New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 #98

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The New Life Hymnal #96

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