[I know not what awaits me]

[I know not what awaits me]

Composer: P. P. Bliss (1876)
Published in 18 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: [I know not what awaits me]
Composer: P. P. Bliss (1876)
Meter: 7.6.8.6.7.6 with refrain
Incipit: 13332 21355 54336
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2288
Text: He Knows
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #5419
Text: 前途如何我不知 (I know not what awaits me)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #443

Audio

Small Church Music #5419

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2288

Text

Timeless Truths #1108

Include 14 pre-1979 instances
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