Kommt, singt des Evangeliums Schall

Kommt, singt des Evangeliums Schall

Author: P. P. Bliss
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: 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 >

Text Information

First Line: Kommt, singt des Evangeliums Schall
English Title: Come, sing the gospel's joyful sound
Author: P. P. Bliss
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Erlösung, Erlösung für Alle nah und fern
Copyright: Public Domain

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Andachtsklaenge #d106

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