Bliss home in Rome, Pennsylvania; now the P.P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters’ Museum

Born: July 9, 1838, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died: December 29, 1876, Ashtabula, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tragic train wreck caused by a bridge collapse. He survived the initial impact, but went back into the flames in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue his wife. Burial: The remains retrieved from the Ashtabula disaster were placed in a common grave marked by a cenotaph in the Ashtabula Cemetery. A cenotaph in memory of the Blisses was also erected in the cemetery at Rome, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1877.

For Bliss’ biography, click here.

Hymns:

1. A Long Time I Wandered
2. At the Feet of Jesus
3. Almost Persuaded
4. By and By (2)
5. Come, Brethren, as We March Along
6. Come, Sing the Gospel’s Joyful Sound
7. Cut It Down
8. Dare To Be a Daniel
9. Do You See the Hebrew Captive Kneeling?
10. Down Life’s Dark Vale We Wander
11. Free from the Law
12. God Is Always Near Me
13. Hail, Happy Morning
14. Hallelujah, He Is Risen!
15. Hallelujah, ’Tis Done!
16. Hallelujah! What a Savior
17. Have You on the Lord Believed?
18. Hear Ye the Glad Good News from Heaven
19. Hold the Fort
20. How Happy Are We
21. How Much Woes Thou?
22. I Should Like to Die
23. In Me Ye May Have Peace
24. In Zion’s Rock Abiding
25. Jesus Loves Even Me
26. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
27. Light in the Darkness, Day Is at Hand
28. Light of the World Is Jesus, The
29. March to the Battlefield
30. More Holiness Give Me
31. My Redeemer
32. O! Jerusalem, the Golden City
33. On What Foundation Do You Build?
34. One Offer of Salvation
35. Only an Armor Bearer
36. Praying Always
37. Pull for the Shore
38. Repeat the Story O’er and O’er
39. Sailing into Port
40. See the Gentle Shepherd Standing
41. Spirit, O Sinner, In Mercy Doth Move, The
42. Sword of the Lord, The
43. Tenderly the Shepherd
44. There Is Sin in the Camp
45. There’s a Light in the Valley
46. This Is the Victory
47. This Loving Savior Stands Patiently
48. Though the Way May Sometimes Be Dreary
49. ’Tis Known on Earth and Heave, Too
50. To Die Is Gain
51. Wandering Afar from the Dwellings of Men
52. Weary Gleaner, Whence Comest Thou?
53. What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
54. When My Weary Hands Are Folded
55. While the Silvery Moonbeams Fall
56. Whosoever Will
57. Will You Meet Me at the Fountain?
58. Wonderful Words of Life

Music:

1. Arise and Shine
2. Bury Thy Sorrow
3. Hold Fast Till I Come
4. Kenosis
5. Lord Jesus, Come
6. Ville de Havre