Ka Puni Ke Ao I Ka Pouli E

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 >

Translator: Lorenzo Lyons

Lorenzo Lyons also known as Makua Laiana, missionary to Hawaii. Dianne Shapiro  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ua puni ke ao i ka pouli e
Title: Ka Puni Ke Ao I Ka Pouli E
English Title: The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin
Author: P. P. Bliss
Translator: Lorenzo Lyons
Language: Hawaiian
Refrain First Line: Hele mai no, kou Lama no nei
Copyright: Public Domain

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Leo Hoonani Hou #121

Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii #135

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