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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 98 · Words: Wilhelm Hey; tr. Jane Montgomery Campbell
Can You Count the Stars?
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A beloved 19th-century children's hymn translated from the German of Wilhelm Hey (1837). Through a series of wondering questions about stars, clouds, birds, fish, and children, it celebrates God's all-seeing care over every creature he has made.
Verse 1
Can you count the stars that brightly
Twinkle in the midnight sky?
Can you count the clouds, so lightly
O'er the meadows floating by?
God, the Lord, doth mark their number
With His eyes that never slumber;
He hath made every one,
He hath made them every one.
Verse 2
Can you count the wings now flashing
In the sunshine's golden light?
Can you count the fishes splashing
In the cooling waters bright?
God, the Lord, a name hath given,
To all creatures under heaven;
He hath named them every one,
He hath named them every one.
Verse 3
Do you know how many children
Rise each morning blithe and gay?
Can you count their jolly voices,
Singing sweetly day by day?
God hears all the happy voices,
In their merry songs rejoices;
And He loves them, every one,
And He loves them, every one.
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