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[Count my blessings, Rather bid me]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Wm. Stone Incipit: 31215 61723 42543 Used With Text: Numberless Blessings

Author: Dr. H. J. Zelley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Count my blessings? Rather bid me Refrain First Line: Count my blessings? No, I cannot Used With Tune: [Count my blessings? Rather bid me]

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Numberless Blessings

Author: Dr. H. J. Zelley Hymnal: Hymns of the Kingdom #5 (1905) First Line: Count my blessings? Rather bid me Lyrics: 1 Count my Blessings? Rather bid me Count the stars in heav’n above, As to number up before thee All the proofs of Father’s love. Refrain: Count my Blessings? No, I cannot, ‘Tis a task too great for me; For they’re like the stars in number, Or the sand beside the sea. 2 Count my Blessings? On the sea shore Canst thou count the sand-grains there? Nor can human thought e’er number All God’s acts of tender care. [Refrain] 3 Count my Blessings? I will do it If thou’lt count the flakes of snow; For my blessings are as many, That from boundless mercy flow. [Refrain] 4 Count my Blessings? Tho’ you surely Count the raindrops as they fall, Yet no child of God can ever Count His blessings, one and all. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Count my blessings, Rather bid me]

Numberless Blessings

Author: Dr. H. J. Zelley Hymnal: Precious Hymns No. 2 #56 (1911) First Line: Count my blessings? Rather bid me Refrain First Line: Count my blessings? No, I cannot Languages: English Tune Title: [Count my blessings? Rather bid me]

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Henry J. Zelley

1859 - 1942 Person Name: Dr. H. J. Zelley Author of "Numberless Blessings" in Hymns of the Kingdom Henry Jeffreys Zelley was born at Mt. Holly, NJ, on Mar. 15, 1859. Educated in the Mt. Holly public schools, at Pennington Seminary, and at Taylor University, where he earned his M. A., Ph. D., and D. D. degrees, he became a Methodist minister in 1882 and first served in the New Jersey Conference as a statistical secretary, treasurer, and trustee, becoming a promoter of the campmeeting movement. Noted for his evangelistic fervor, Zelley produced over 1500 poems, hymns, and gospel songs. One of his songs, "He Brought Me Out" with music by Henry L. Gilmour, appears in several denominational hymnals. Cyberhymnal also lists "When Israel Out of Bondage Came" or "He Rolled the Sea Away" with music by Gilmour too. Another of Zelley’s songs, "The Mountains of Faith" with music by M. L. McPhail, is found in Sacred Selections. After working with nineteen different churches in the New Jersey Conference over his lifetime, Zelley, who also served as a trustee of Pennington Seminary, retired in 1929 and died at Trenton, NJ, on Mar. 16, 1942. --http://homeschoolblogger.com/hymnstudies