Place Category: Outdoor Marker
Image Credit: Photo: Philip P. Bliss Marker. www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=155306.
The marker reads:
The great singing evangelist and gospel song writer was born July 9, 1838, in a log house which stood a little distance from here. He lived and worked on the farm and in nearby lumber camps until the age of 16.
Phillip Bliss was the author and composer of such hymns as:
- Almost Persuaded
- Dare to Be a Daniel
- Hallelujah ‘Tis Done!
- Hallelujah, What a Saviour!
- Hold the Fort
- Jesus Loves Even Me
- Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
- Once for All
- The Light of the World Is Jesus
- Whosoever Will
- Wonderful Words of Life
Phillip Bliss was the composer of the music for hymns such as:
- I Gave My Life for Thee
- It Is Well with My Soul
- Precious Promise
Bliss wrote the words and James McGranahan wrote the music for:
I will sing of my Redeemer,
And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered,
From the curse to set me free.Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer,
With His blood He purchased me,
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free
Featured Image Credit: Paul J. Scheips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
