[Sailor, though the darkness gathers] (Bliss)

[Sailor, though the darkness gathers] (Bliss)

Composer: P. P. Bliss (1871)
Published in 3 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: [Sailor, though the darkness gathers] (Bliss)
Composer: P. P. Bliss (1871)
Incipit: 55165 43511 61176
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5879
Text: Sailing into Port
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #10766
Text: Day Of Life
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #5879

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10766

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The Cyber Hymnal #12196

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