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Jesus, blessed Jesus, I would follow Thee

Author: S. J. Vail Appears in 9 hymnals

[Jesus, blessed Jesus]

Appears in 23 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. J. Vail Incipit: 55123 11716 55512 Used With Text: Jesus, Blessed Jesus

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Jesus, blessed Jesus, I would follow thee

Author: Silas J. Vail Hymnal: Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d104 (1881) Languages: English

Jesus, blessed Jesus, I would follow thee

Author: Silas J. Vail Hymnal: New Standard Singer #d117 (1869)

Jesus, blessed Jesus, I would follow thee

Author: Silas J. Vail Hymnal: New Standard Singer, Pt. 1-7 #d119 (1868)

1818 - 1883 Author of "Jesus, blessed Jesus" in The Canadian Hymnal In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music. --Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.