Mel Au No Ku'u Hoola

Translator: Lorenzo Lyons

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

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 >

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First Line: Mele au no ku'u Hoola
Title: Mel Au No Ku'u Hoola
English Title: I will sing of my Redeemer
Translator: Lorenzo Lyons
Author: P. P. Bliss
Language: Hawaiian
Refrain First Line: Mele a'eno ku'u Hoola
Copyright: Public Domain

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