You Can Be a Blessing

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You can be a blessing while on earth you dwell

Author: Maud Frazer Jackson
Tune: [You can be a blessing while on earth you dwell]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 You can be a blessing while on earth you dwell;
Clouds of grief and sadness you can help dispel;
If the love of Jesus you to others show,
You can be a blessing ev'rywhere you go.

Refrain:
You can be a blessing if you only try;
You can be a blessing as the days go by;
You can be a blessing if you only try.

2 You can be a blessing, lowly tho' your lot;
Earthly gold or glory Christ requireth not;
If you love Him truly, try His will to do,
Deeds of love and mercy He'll perform thro' you. [Refrain]

3 Joy is all in serving; giving is true gain;
Losing life for others, life we do retain;
Try to carry sunshine to the sad and lone,
Cheer another's pathway, bright will be your own. [Refrain]

Source: Life Songs: a collection of sacred songs for Sunday schools, young people's meetings and evangelistic services #31

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Author: Maud Frazer Jackson

Maud Frazer Jackson USA 1873-1950. It is surmised she lived in PA and/or NJ. She was a religious author, poet, and music compiler, who published her collections of music, including 400 hymns called “Hymns about forgiveness!”, “Wayside Song” (1922), and “Starlight & lamplight” (1928). Her poems were sometimes furnished to newspapers around the country and printed. John Perry Go to person page >

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