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Himnos de la Iglesia #114
Display Title: El varón de gran dolor First Line: El varón de gran dolor Tune Title: HALLELUJAH, WHAT A SAVIOR Author: Philip Bliss; Henry Ball Scripture: Isaiah 53:3 Date: 1995
Himnos de la Iglesia #114
El varón de gran dolor
El varón de gran dolor
Author: P. P. Bliss; Translator: H. C. BallTune: [Man of Sorrows, what a name]
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Author: P. P. Bliss
Bliss, Philip, b. at Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1838. In 1864 he went to Chicago in the employ of Dr. George F. Root, the musician, where he was engaged in conducting musical Institutes, and in composing Sunday School melodies. Originally a Methodist, he became, about 1871, a choirman of the First Congregational Church, Chicago, and the Superintendent of its Sunday Schools. In 1874 he joined D. W. Whittle in evangelical work. To this cause he gave (although a poor man) the royalty of his Gospel Songs, which was worth some thirty thousand dollars. His death was sudden. It occurred in the railway disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1876. ... Some of his verses have obtained wide popularity in most English-speaking countries. T… Go to person page >Translator: H. C. Ball
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