Summary: 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. © 2013 Shiloh Worship Music COPY FREELY;This Music is copyrighted to prevent misuse, however,permission is granted for non-commercial copying-Radio play permitted- www.shilohworshipmusic.com Hudson, R. E. (Ralph E.), 1842-1901 . 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
