Philip P. Bliss Hymns

Philip P. Bliss (1838-07-09 to 1876-12-30). Philip P. Bliss was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He left home young to work on farms and in lumber camps, and he was converted at a revival at age twelve. He taught music and went to Chicago in 1864 to work for George F. Root. Around 1871 he became choirman and Sunday school superintendent at First Congregational Church in Chicago. In 1874 he joined the evangelist D. W. Whittle. He wrote the words and tune of Man of Sorrows, What a Name. He and his wife died in a railway disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, on December 30, 1876.

• 3 hymns
• 1 with sheet music
• 2 with videos