[Light in the darkness, sailor, day is at hand!]

[Light in the darkness, sailor, day is at hand!]

Composer: P. P. Bliss (1873)
Published in 18 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: [Light in the darkness, sailor, day is at hand!]
Composer: P. P. Bliss (1873)
Incipit: 53432 35133 22212
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5702
Text: Pull for the Shore
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #15277
Text: Sunet Se Aude
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #641

Audio

Small Church Music #7165

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5702

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15277

Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems #110

Include 13 pre-1979 instances
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