[Repeat the story o'er and o'er] (Bliss)

[Repeat the story o'er and o'er] (Bliss)

Composer: P. P. Bliss
Published in 33 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: [Repeat the story o'er and o'er] (Bliss)
Composer: P. P. Bliss
Incipit: 11234 56531 34321
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #8883
Text: The Half Was Never Told
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #8883

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