BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Author: Ralph E. Hudson

O for a thousand tongues to sing -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord,
The glories of my God and King -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

Refrain

Blessèd be the Name! Blessèd be the Name!
Blessèd be the Name of the Lord!
Blessèd be the Name! Blessèd be the Name!
Blessèd be the Name of the Lord!

Jesus, the Name that charms our fears -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord,
'Tis music in the sinner's ears -
Blessed e the Name of the Lord.

Refrain

He breaks the pow'r of cancelled sin -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord,
His blood can make the foulest clean -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

Refrain

I never shall forget that day -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord,
When Jesus washed my sins away -
Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

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Hudson, R. E. (Ralph E.), 1842-1901

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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.

From 1872-4, he was Pro­fes­sor of Vo­cal Mu­sic at Mount Un­ion Coll­ege,
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.

In 1897, Hud­son moved to Ohio, where he con­tin­ued to pub­lish mu­sic, and to tra­vel as an evan­gel­ist and tem­per­ance work­er. I


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