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[I will praise Thee, blessed Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. S. Hendricks Incipit: 34545 65435 11765

I Will Praise Thee, Blessed Jesus

Author: J. S. H. Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: I will praise Thee, praise Thee Used With Tune: [I will praise Thee, blessed Jesus]

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I Will Praise Thee, Blessed Jesus

Author: John S. Hendricks Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10599 Refrain First Line: I will praise Thee, praise Thee Lyrics: 1 I will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, I will praise Thee day by day, As I travel life’s rough journey I will praise Thee all the way; I will praise Thee in the morning, I will praise Thee all day long, And my last thought in the evening Shall be praise to Thee in song. Refrain: I will praise Thee, praise Thee, I will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, all the way; I will praise Thee in the morning, I will praise Thee all day long. And my last thought in the evening Shall be praise to Thee in song. 2 I will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, For Thy watchcare thro’ the day; Thou art ever near to guide me As I tread life’s rugged way; And when life is almost over, And the time has come to go, I will praise Thee while I’m passing From this to the glory shore. [Refrain] 3 I will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, When I’ve reached the other shore, With my father and my mother And my friends who’ve gone before; We will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, While our friends are coming o’er, We will praise Thee, blessèd Jesus, We will praise Thee evermore. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I will praise Thee, blessed Jesus]

I Will Praise Thee, Blessed Jesus

Author: J. S. H. Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #90 (1904) Refrain First Line: I will praise Thee, praise Thee Tune Title: [I will praise Thee, blessed Jesus]

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J. S. Hendricks

1855 - 1938 Person Name: John S. Hendricks Author of "I Will Praise Thee, Blessed Jesus" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 15, 1855, McClean County, Kentucky. Hendricks attended his first singing school at age 18. Two years later, he began teaching, continuing until 1879, when he went to Arkansas and began farming. Returning to Kentucky in 1881, he began working in the tobacco business, but in 1886 he re-entered the music field in 1886. Three years later he went to Texas. In 1894, he attended a session of the Southern Normal Musical Institute (SNMI) in Midlothian, Texas, and was in was in the first graduating class of the SNMI at the home of its principal, Anthony Showalter, in Dalton, Georgia. Afterward, he attended a post-graduate course and several more SNMI sessions, and taught in Texas and Kentucky. Hendricks co-authored Song-Land Messenger No. 2, Our Thankful Songs, and Hymns of Glory. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a large stockholder in the A. J. Showalter Company and the Showalter-Patton Company. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)