[Standing by a purpose true] (Bliss)

[Standing by a purpose true] (Bliss)

Composer: P. P. Bliss (1873)
Published in 92 hymnals


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Composer: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Standing by a purpose true] (Bliss)
Composer: P. P. Bliss (1873)
Meter: 7.5.7.6 with refrain
Incipit: 33215 11232 53444
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ and Narrator

  • Dare to Be A Daniel for Organ and Narrator - Organ Demonstrator No. 2: A Biblical Sonata Based on Philip P. Bliss's tune Dare to Be a Daniel
    Composer/Editor Larry Visser
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (1999) pp. 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 16, 18

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #819
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #1157
Text: Dare To Be a Daniel
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #3
Text: Dare to Be a Daniel
  • Dare_to_Be_a_Daniel.pdf (PDF)
  • Dare_to_Be_a_Daniel.xml (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #819

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Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #513

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Rejoice Hymns #668

Audio

Small Church Music #2728

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Songs for Life #104

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #309

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1157

TextScoreAudio

Timeless Truths #3

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #579

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TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #71

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Yes, Lord! #392

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