I Will Go to Sleep with Jesus

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I will go to sleep with Jesus

Author: Judson W. Van DeVenter
Tune: [I will go to sleep with Jesus]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Judson W. Van DeVenter

Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I will go to sleep with Jesus
Title:	I Will Go to Sleep with Jesus
Author:	Judson W. Van DeVenter
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He will fold me to his bosom
Publication Date:	1896
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.