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Bliss Wiant

Short Name: Bliss Wiant
Full Name: Wiant, Bliss, 1895-1975
Birth Year: 1895
Death Year: 1975

Bliss Wiant (1895-1975) was educated at Wittenberg College and Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920), Boston University (M.A. 1936), and Peabody College (Ph.D. 1946). He also studied at Harvard University and Union Theological Seminary, New York City After ordination (1923), Wiant became head of the music department at Yenching University, Peking (1923-1951). He was pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Delaware, Ohio (1953-1955), then minister of music at Mahoning Methodist Church, Youngstown, Ohio. After serving with the Methodist Board of Education, he became director of music at Scarritt College.

--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

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Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mary Louise VanDyke (8 January 1987) outlining activity in the 1960s and 1970s is available in the DNAH Archives.

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Bliss Wiant (6)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Great are your mercies, heavenly FatherBliss Wiant (Translator)English1
Holy Father, thou, thee we worship nowBliss Wiant, 1895- (Translator (verse 1))1
Never forget God's daily careBliss Wiant, 1895- (Translator)English3
Rise to greet the sunBliss Wiant (Author)English7
Savior of all, whose body brokenBliss Wiant (Translator)1
Stars of ice, wheel of moonlight brightBliss Wiant, 1895- (Translator)1
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