1 Countless praises fill my soul for the Lord who made me whole,
And whose love I shall proclaim forevermore;
For the blessings that are mine, coming from the heart divine
Are the numberless as the sands on the shore.
Refrain:
Are the numberless as the sands on the shore!
Oh, praise His name forevermore;
For the blessings free He daily sends to me
Are the numberless as the sands on the shore.
2 He is always at my side, sharing trials that betide,
Ever ready failing courage to renew,
Cheering, guiding on the way—oh, His blessings ev’ry day
Are the numberless as the sands on the shore. [Refrain]
3 Souls in bondage, look and live! now your hearts to Jesus give,
Then in sorrow you shall languish nevermore;
He is far the best of friends, for the blessings that He sends
Are the numberless as the sands on the shore. [Refrain]
Source: Progressive Sunday School Songs #74
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 >
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