Make me a blessing

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O make me a blessing, dear Savior, for thee

Author: James M. Black
Tune: [O make me a blessing, dear Savior, for Thee]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 O make me a blessing, dear Saviour, for Thee,
And shine in my heart from above;
For in Thy blest service I ever would be
More earnest in labor and love.

Refrain:
O make me a blessing wherever I go,
O make me a blessing I pray;
That I may help some one Thy love to know,
O make me a blessing each day.

2 O make me a blessing, some lost one to win
From ways that are sinful and wrong;
By telling the joy of salvation within,
Or praising Thy name with a song. [Refrain]

3 O make me a blessing in all that I do,—
Wherever my pathway may lead;
And help me to tell of the Saviour so true,
Who’s love satisfies ev’ry need. [Refrain]

4 O bless me and make me a blessing each day,
The story of love to repeat;
So many have wandered from Thee far away,
And know not the story so sweet. [Refrain]

Source: Sacred Praise: for Use in Gospel Meetings, Evangelistic Services ... #108

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Author: James M. Black

James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal. John Perry Go to person page >

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