The Good News

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I've heard the good news in the gospel

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [I've heard the good news in the gospel]
Published in 4 hymnals

Representative Text

[1] I've heard the glad news of the Gospel,
It makes me so happy and free:
So I trust to my Father in heaven,
For I know that He cares for me.

Refrain:
I know He cares for me, for me;
I know He cares for me, for me;
I'll trust my Father in heaven,
For I know that He cares for me.

[2] Sometimes I walk in the darkness,
My path then I scarcely can see;
But I trust in my Father in heaven,
For I know that He cares for me. [Refrain]

[3] Sometimes I wish I could see Him,
And wonder how long it will be;
But He's gone to prepare me a mansion,
For I know that He cares for me. [Refrain]

Source: The Salvation Army Songs of Faith for Congregational Singing #81

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Author: 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 >

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