You Can Be a Blessing
Authors: Maud Frazer Jackson • Composers: E. Jones-Burton • Meter: 11.11.11.11. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png-shaped-note • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1914
Score (png-shaped-note): http://freehymnal.com/png/shape/youcanbeablessing1.png, http://freehymnal.com/png/shape/youcanbeablessing2.png.
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, you can be a blessing, if you only try, 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.
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.