Philip Bliss
American hymnwriter
Died when: 38 years 173 days (461 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Philip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer.He wrote many well-known hymns, including "Hold the Fort" (1870), "Almost Persuaded" (1871); "Hallelujah, What a Saviour!" (1875); "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning"; "Wonderful Words of Life" (1875); and the tune for Horatio Spafford's "It Is Well with My Soul" (1876).Bliss was a recognized friend of D.
L.Moody the famous Chicago preacher.Bliss died in the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster on his way to one of Moody's meetings.
An outspoken Abolitionist, he served as a Lieutenant during the American Civil War.Bliss's house in Rome, Pennsylvania, is now operated as the Philip P.
Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum.
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