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Philip Bliss was born on July 9, 1838, in Penfield, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of Isaac and Lydia (Doolittle) Bliss. Grandfather and great-grandfather had been Seventh Day Adventist preachers.
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Philip Bliss was born on July 9, 1838, in Penfield, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of Isaac and Lydia (Doolittle) Bliss. Grandfather and great-grandfather had been Seventh Day Adventist preachers.
Philip Bliss received a little training in music at J. G. Towner's singing school in Towanda, Pennsylvania, and at the normal academy of music in Geneseo, New York.
Philip Bliss began his professional career by teaching music in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at two dollars an evening and his board. Acquaintance with the composer and publisher, George F. Root, led to his association with the firm of Root and Cady of Chicago sometime about 1865, and for nearly ten years he traveled over Illinois conducting musical conventions and giving concerts. He became chorister of the First Congregational Church, Chicago, superintendent of its Sunday school, and a frequent singer at religious gatherings. His song book, The Charm (1871), made him popular as a composer of Sunday school music. This was followed by The Song Tree (1872), The Sunshine (1873), The Joy (1873). Dwight L. Moody and Maj. D. W. Whittle persuaded him to take up evangelistic work, and during 1874-1876 he traveled through the West and South with the latter. In 1874, with Ira Sankey, he brought out Gospel Songs, which contained "Hold the Fort, " "Only an Armor Bearer, " "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, " "Pull for the Shore, " and other songs long unexcelled in popularity. Of the $60, 000 profits he gave his share to charitable and evangelistic projects. The Ashtabula train disaster ended his career. Getting free from the wreck himself, he returned to his wife who was pinned down, and both were burned to death.
Philip Bliss was the writer of gospel songs which have had extraordinary popularity. They appeared as an adjunct to the organized revivalistic enterprises of the last half of the nineteenth century, furnishing the emotional atmosphere which contributed much to the success of Moody and other evangelists, and breathing the breath of life into the social meetings of the churches. Judged by standards of art they are decidedly inferior, but the masses could understand and sing them, and their melody, martial note, joyousness, and hope produced the religious exhilaration desired.
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Philip Bliss was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Philip Bliss was a tall, well-framed man, with clustering black hair, full beard, easy manners, buoyant spirit, and gifted with a rich baritone voice of wide range.
On June 1, 1859, Philip Bliss married Lucy J. Young, one of a family of singers. They had two sons, George and Philip Paul.
