1 Sing, my soul from bondage free,
Israel’s God thy God will be;
In the dark and foamy sea
Pharaoh’s host shall buried be.
Refrain:
Sing, my soul, from bondage free;
Israel’s God thy God will be.
2 “Sweets of sin”—delusive dream!
Burning thirst and poisonous stream;
Found of Life thy streams outpour,
Let me drink and thirst no more. [Refrain]
3 Fainting on the desert way,
For my “daily bread” I pray;
Bread of Life, thy Life I need,
Let me ever on thee feed. [Refrain]
4 When the enemy is nigh,
Lord, to thee, to thee I cry;
Save me in the trying hour,
Save my soul from Satan’s power. [Refrain]
Source: Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools #27
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 >
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