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BENEDICTION

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. L. J. Incipit: 55543 21555 55554 Used With Text: The Lord bless thee and keep thee

The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee

Appears in 23 hymnals Used With Tune: BENEDICTION

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The Lord bless thee and keep thee

Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church. number two #508 (1937) Languages: English Tune Title: BENEDICTION

The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee

Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church #508 (1975) Tune Title: BENEDICTION

1886 - 1968 Composer of "BENEDICTION (Jorgenson)" Born: December 9, 1886, Nebraska. Died: December 14, 1968, at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. Jorgenson was the son of Danish immigrants. His father, Christopher Jorgenson, had been a soldier in the personal guard of the king of Denmark (probably Christian IX), and his mother a seamstress to the queen. The 1900 census shows the family living in Boone County, Nebraska. As a young man, Elmer led singing in churches in and around Albion, Nebraska, and in nearby Missouri. He was directing the music department at Western Bible and Literary College by 1908. In 1910, he and his wife Irene moved to Louisville, Kentucky. He was a member of the Churches of Christ. Jorgenson’s works include: Truth and Grace, with Robert Boll & James Shepherd (F. L. Rowe, 1917) Great Songs of the Church (Louisville, Kentucky: Word and Work, 1921) The New Alphabetical Hymnal (Chicago, Illinois: Great Songs Press, 1957) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)