Born: Ju­ly 9, 1838, Clear­field Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: De­cem­ber 29, 1876, Ash­ta­bu­la, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tra­gic train wreck caused by a bridge col­lapse. He sur­vived the in­i­tial im­pact, but went back in­to the flames in an un­suc­ces­sful at­tempt to res­cue his wife.

Buried: The re­mains re­trieved from the Ash­ta­bu­la dis­as­ter were placed in a com­mon grave marked by a cen­o­taph in the Ash­ta­bu­la Cem­e­te­ry. A cen­o­taph in mem­o­ry of the Bliss­es was al­so erect­ed in the cem­e­tery at Rome, Penn­syl­vania, Ju­ly 17, 1877.

The night be­fore that ter­ri­ble rail­road ac­ci­dent at Ash­ta­bu­la…he said to his au­di­ence, “I may not pass this way again”; then he sang a so­lo, “I’m Go­ing Home To­mor­row.” This in­deed proved pro­phe­tic of his own home go­ing.

Bliss’ works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. A Long Time I Wan­dered
  2. And Yet There is Room
  3. Ascension, The
  4. Ask, Seek, Knock
  5. At the Feet of Je­sus
  6. Almost Per­suad­ed
  7. Beautiful Rain
  8. Beautiful Song of Love
  9. Beggar by the Way­side, The
  10. Bethesda
  11. Blessed Are They That Do His Com­mand­ments
  12. By and By
  13. Calling Now
  14. Come, Breth­ren, as We March Along
  15. Come, Sing the Go­spel’s Joy­ful Sound
  16. Cut It Down
  17. Dare To Be a Dan­i­el
  18. Do You See the He­brew Cap­tive Kneel­ing?
  19. Down Life’s Dark Vale We Wan­der
  20. Fear Not
  21. Follow Me
  22. Free from the Law
  23. God Is Al­ways Near Me
  24. Going Home
  25. Good Cheer
  26. Good Night Till Then
  27. Hail, Hap­py Morn­ing
  28. Half Was Ne­ver Told, The
  29. Hallelujah, He Is Ris­en!
  30. Hallelujah, ’Tis Done!
  31. Hallelujah! What a Sav­ior
  32. Have You on the Lord Be­lieved?
  33. He That Be­liev­eth
  34. Help
  35. Hold the Fort
  36. Holy Spir­it, The
  37. Hosanna, Ho­san­na
  38. How Goes the Bat­tle?
  39. How Hap­py Are We
  40. How Much Owe­st Thou?
  41. I Must Abide with Thee
  42. I Should Like to Die
  43. I Know He Is Mine
  44. I Know Not the Hour
  45. I’m on the Lord’s Side
  46. In Me Ye May Have Peace
  47. I’ve Passed the Cross
  48. Jerusalem So Fair
  49. Jesus Loves Ev­en Me
  50. Let the Low­er Lights Be Burn­ing
  51. Light in the Dark­ness, Day Is at Hand
  52. Light of the World Is Je­sus, The
  53. Look and Live
  54. Look Not up­on the Wine
  55. Lord Je­sus, Come!
  56. Lord, Save Me
  57. Man the Life Boat
  58. March to the Bat­tle­field
  59. More Ho­li­ness Give Me
  60. Mourn, Pray, Praise
  61. My Grand­fa­ther’s Bi­ble
  62. My High Tow­er
  63. My Re­deem­er
  64. My Sav­ior’s Charms
  65. Naught to Charg­es False
  66. Nearer to Me
  67. No Other Name
  68. O! Je­ru­sa­lem, the Gold­en Ci­ty
  69. On What Found­a­tion Do You Build?
  70. Once More with Mourn­ful Step
  71. Only a Lit­tle Child
  72. Only a Step to Hea­ven
  73. Only an Arm­or Bear­er
  74. Only Be­lieve
  75. Over Yon­der
  76. Peter’s De­ni­al
  77. Praying Al­ways
  78. Press For­ward
  79. Pull for the Shore
  80. Repeat the Sto­ry o’er and O’er
  81. Remember the Poor
  82. Remembered
  83. Safe with the Mas­ter
  84. Sailing in­to Port
  85. Seeking to Save
  86. Song in Scrip­ture
  87. Soon and For­ev­er
  88. Spirit Di­vine
  89. Spirit, O Sin­ner, In Mer­cy Doth Move, The
  90. Spirit Tree, The
  91. Sword of the Lord, The
  92. Temperance Ship, The
  93. There Is Sin in the Camp
  94. There’s a Light in the Val­ley
  95. This Is the Vic­to­ry
  96. Though the Way May Some­times Be Drea­ry
  97. Three Mount­ains, The
  98. ’Tis Known on Earth and Hea­ven, Too
  99. To De­part, Which Is Bet­ter?
  100. To Die Is Gain
  101. Turn to the Right
  102. Waiting at the Well
  103. Wandering Afar from the Dwell­ings of Men
  104. Weary Glean­er, Whence Com­est Thou?
  105. What Shall the Har­vest Be?
  106. What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
  107. When Je­sus Comes
  108. When My Wea­ry Hands Are Fold­ed
  109. Where Are the Nine?
  110. Where Hast Thou Gleaned To­day?
  111. Where He Leads We Will Fol­low
  112. While the Sil­ve­ry Moon­beams Fall
  113. Whosoever Will
  114. Why Un­be­liev­ing?
  115. Will You Meet Me at the Fount­ain?
  116. Wonderful Words of Life
  117. Won­drous Love

Music

  1. Bliss
  2. Bury Thy Sor­row
  3. Cæsarea
  4. Can It Be Right?
  5. Come un­to Me
  6. Eternity
  7. Ho, Every One That Thirst­eth
  8. Hold Fast Till I Come
  9. Kenosis
  10. Lift Up, Lift Up Thy Voice
  11. Look Away to Je­sus
  12. Lord Je­sus, Come
  13. New Song, The
  14. O Crown of Re­joic­ing
  15. Oh, to Be No­thing
  16. Olympia
  17. Out of the Ark
  18. Precious Prom­ise
  19. Sing and Pray!
  20. Song of Sal­va­tion
  21. Thine, Je­sus Thine
  22. Tower
  23. Ville du Havre
  24. We’re Go­ing Home To­mor­row
  25. Waiting and Watch­ing for Me
  26. What Shall the Har­vest Be?
  27. Who’s on the Lord’s Side?