BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

<a href="http://www.shilohworshipmusic.com/ShilohWorshipMusic/Media/Blessed%20be%20the%20Name%20of%20the%20Lord.mp3"><img src="http://www.shilohworshipmusic.com/ShilohWorshipMusic/Free_Bluegrass_Gospel_Hymns_Songs_2/Media/ShilohBlugrasslogo1400.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:295px; height:295px;"/></a>Blessed be the Name of the Lord<br/>Author: Ralph E. Hudson<br/><br/>O for a thousand tongues to sing - <br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord,<br/>The glories of my God and King -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord.<br/><br/>Refrain<br/><br/>Blessèd be the Name! Blessèd be the Name!<br/>Blessèd be the Name of the Lord!<br/>Blessèd be the Name! Blessèd be the Name!<br/>Blessèd be the Name of the Lord!<br/><br/>Jesus, the Name that charms our fears -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord,<br/>'Tis music in the sinner's ears -<br/>Blessed e the Name of the Lord.<br/><br/>Refrain<br/><br/>He breaks the pow'r of cancelled sin -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord,<br/>His blood can make the foulest clean -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord.<br/><br/>Refrain<br/><br/>I never shall forget that day -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord,<br/>When Jesus washed my sins away -<br/>Blessed be the Name of the Lord.<br/><br/>© 2013 Shiloh Worship Music COPY FREELY;This Music is copyrighted to prevent misuse, however,permission is granted for non-commercial copying-Radio play permitted- <a href="http://www.shilohworshipmusic.com/">www.shilohworshipmusic.com</a><br/><br/><br/>Hudson, R. E. (Ralph E.), 1842-1901<br/><br/>.<br/>Hudson’s par­ents, Hen­ry and Sar­ah Hud­son, moved to Penn­syl­van­ia when Ralph was a boy. Soon af­ter the out­break of the Amer­i­can ci­vil war, Ralph en­list­ed in the 10th Penn­syl­van­ia Vol­un­teers, and served over three years. Af­ter dis­charge from the ar­my, he be­came a suc­cess­ful mu­sic teach­er.<br/><br/> From 1872-4, he was Pro­fes­sor of Vo­cal Mu­sic at Mount Un­ion Coll­ege, <br/>he was best known as a hymn writ­er and mu­sic publish­er, and for evan­gel­ism and tem­per­ance work. He was a lay preach­er and mem­ber of the Mt. Un­ion Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, and was one of the few sup­port­ers of the Sal­va­tion Ar­my win the mid-1880’s.<br/><br/>In 1897, Hud­son moved to Ohio, where he con­tin­ued to pub­lish mu­sic, and to tra­vel as an evan­gel­ist and tem­per­ance work­er. I<br/><br/><br/>Hudson’s works in­clude:
Salvation Echoes (Al­li­ance, Ohio: 1882)
Gems of Gos­pel Song for Sab­bath Schools and Gos­pel Meet­ings, 1884
Prohibition War Songs

The Tem­per­ance Songs­ter, 1886
Songs of the Ran­somed, 1887
Glad Tid­ings in Song, 1893