The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15404

15404. Blessings

1 Ask me not to count my blessings,
Tell them over one by one;
For they come in showers upon me,
As the raindrops beneath the sun.

Refrain:
Father, how Thy precious blessings
Cheer me on my pilgrim way;
How they lighten every burden,
Brighten every passing day.

2 Multitudes of precious blessings
Every moment round me spread;
Blessings from my heav’nly Father
Showered down upon my head. [Refrain]

3 If encircled by the gloom which—
For the moment hides the light,
I’m constrained to walk in darkness,
Jesus hidden from my sight. [Refrain]

4 Thy rich blessings past and present
Nerve my soul and stay my fears,
Till the darkness passes from me
And the blessèd light appears. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Ask me not to count my blessings
• Title: Blessings
• Author: H. H. Green
• Refrain First Line: Father, how Thy precious blessings
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Gospel Herald in Songby William S. Nickle, George J. Meyer, and Owen F. Pugh (Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1899)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TELLURIDE
• Composer: W. H. Wolfe (1898)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain