Introduction
Words: William J. Henry, 1907.
Music: Bernal Heights melody by William Henry, harmony by Andrew L. Byers (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Henry (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Luke 14:28
Words: William J. Henry, 1907.
Music: Bernal Heights melody by William Henry, harmony by Andrew L. Byers (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Henry (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
When first I started to seek the Lord,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
I fully measured to Jesus’ word,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain
I’ve paid the price and obtained the prize,
He saved my soul that was lost;
And now my treasures are in the skies;
I’m glad I counted the cost.
I laid my sorrows at Jesus’ feet,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And now I’ve pleasures so pure and sweet,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain
I’ve bid farewell to this world of sin,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And now my Jesus abides within,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain
Although the trials seem hard to bear,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
I now my burdens with Jesus share,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain
’Twill not be long till the Lord shall come,
I’m glad I counted the cost;
And bear my soul to that heav’nly home,
I’m glad I counted the cost.
Refrain