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Blessed Be The Name/Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Traditional Chorus; Old-Time Gospel; Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; Chorus by Ralph E. Hudson; Music: Ralph E. Hudson; har. by William J. Kirkpatrick, 1888;
ARTIST: from 1891 Hymns of Christian Life; Words by William H. Clark; (refrain added by Ralph E. Hudson) Music by Ralph E. Hudson
Clark and Hudson- 1891:
Sheet Music Mississippi John Hurt: http://books.google.com/books?id=6a2jvNEN6w0C&pg=PA54&lpg=PA55&dq=Blessed+Be+The+Name-+Mississippi+John+hurt&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html
Wesley and Hudson version from 1894: http://books.google.com/books?id=kGyRyD5h07oC&pg=PA83&dq=%22Blessed+Be+The+Name%22+hudson&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&cd=3
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: 1800s; Clark and Hudson- 1891; Wesley and Hudson 1888; 1909 Odum; 1914 Journal of American Folk-Lore
RECORDING INFO: Blessed Be The Name
Blessed Be the Name [of the Lord]
Hurt, Mississippi John. Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings, Columbia Legacy CK 64986, CD (1996), trk# 10 [1928/12/28]
Hurt, Mississippi John. D.C. Blues, Vol 2. Library of Congress Rec...,, Fuel 302 061 495 2, CD (2003), trk# 1.13 [1963/07]
RELATED TO: ""
OTHER NAMES: "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Ballad Index; Howard W. Odum, "Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern. Negroes " (American Journal of Psychology and Education, vol. iii, pp. 307, 364) 1909. Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (496)
The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (597)
NOTES: "Blessed Be The Name" is a traditional African-American spiritual and revival hymn. Several spiritual versions, adapted by African-Americans, were collceted in the early 1900s and Mississippi John Hurt recorded a similar version. Today it's also used as a contemporary Christian praise song. The version found here in the Journal of American folklore, Volume 27 in 1914 is very similar to the one played by blues musician Mississippi John Hurt.
The chorus is an old revival hymn that was adapted by Ralph E. Hudson who wrote the music with lyric verses by William H. Clark. Their version was published in 1891. Another version after the hymn appeared with Hudson's chorus and lyrics by Charles Wesley (from 1773) with a date given as 1888. More accurate info is needed to confirm the dates and when Hudson adapted the folk hymn.
Bio- Ralph Erskine Hudson (1843-1901) Born: July 12, 1843, Napoleon, Ohio; Died: June 14, 1901, Cleveland, Ohio. Buried: Alliance, Ohio.
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 1872-1874, he was Professor of Vocal Music at Mount Union College, and for the next quarter century lived in the Mt. Union-Alliance, Ohio, area. For a while, he was in a real estate partnership with Rev. D. D. Waugh. However, 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 when it struggled to gain a foothold in Alliance in the mid-1880’s.
In 1897, Hudson moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued to publish music, and to travel as an evangelist and temperance worker. In late May, 1901, he left Cleveland for an extensive trip to promote his latest songbook. He stopped in Upland, Indiana, to attend commencement exercises at Taylor University, where he was a trustee. He stayed there several days and delivered a lecture. Shortly after, he fell ill and died. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Local Preachers Association, the Epworth Memorial Church in Cleveland, and the Protected Home Circle.
Hudson’s works include:
Salvation Echoes (Alliance, Ohio: 1882)
Gems of Gospel Song for Sabbath Schools and Gospel Meetings, 1884
Prohibition War Songs
Quartette
Songs for the Home
Songs of Peace, Love and Joy (Alliance, Ohio: 1885)
The Temperance Songster, 1886
Songs of the Ransomed, 1887
Glad Tidings in Song, 1893
Hymns:
All Taken Away
Behold the Bridegroom
Bible, The
Blessed Jesus
Blessed Name
Calvary
Child of the King, A
Christmas Day
Cold Water for Me
Come to the Feast
Follow Thou Me
Fountain Flowing
Glorious Church, A
Going Home Tonight
Gospel Train
Haste Away
He Is Coming
He Knows
He Took Me In
His Name Is Jesus
His Yoke Is Easy
Homeward Bound
I Come Just as I Am
I Will, God Helping Me
I’ll Live for Him
I’m Glad I Entered In
I’m Satisfied
Jesus Is Calling
Jesus Now Is Passing By
Life of Trust, How Sweet
Little Talk with Jesus, A
Look to Jesus
Marriage Supper
My Dream
No One like Jesus
Prayer for Guidance
Press This Battle On
Prodigal Child, Come Home
Redeemed
Repentance
Rewarded
Ring, Ring the Bells
Rose of Sharon
Shout for Joy
Sing of My Redeemer
Something to Do
Tale of Woe, The
Ten Virgins, The
There’ll Be Joy in the Morning
This Just Suits Me
We Will Have a Happy Time
Who’ll Enlist
Wonderful Love
Wonderful Savior
Music:
Beautiful City of Gold
Blessed Be the Name
Driven from Home
Fill Me Now
Half Has Never Been Told, The
Hidden Path
Hudson
I Will Follow
I’ll Be There
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Lily of the Valley
Man of Galilee
Martyrdom
Mary Magdalene
New Hiding Placed
Safety
Same Today
Satisfied
Shadow of the Rock, The
Simply Trusting Every Day
We Mean This World for God
Without One Plea
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord- from 1891 Hymns of Christian Life; Words by William H. Clark; (refrain added by Ralph E. Hudson) Music by Ralph E. Hudson
Psalm 113:2 "Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore."
All praise to Him Who reigns above
In majesty supreme,
Who gave His Son for man to die,
That He might man redeem!
Refrain: Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
His Name above all names shall stand,
Exalted more and more,
At God the Father's own right hand,
Where angel hosts adore.
Refrain: Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Redeemer, Savior, Friend of man
Once ruined by the fall,
Thou hast devised salvation's plan,
For Thou hast died for all.
Refrain: Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
His Name shall be the Counselor,
The mighty Prince of Peace,
Of all earth's kingdoms Conqueror,
Whose reign shall never cease.
Refrain: Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
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