Thursday, March 28, 2019

My Redeemer

My Redeemer
(I will sing of my Redeemer)

P
hilip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was
P. P. Bliss
an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns, including "Almost Persuaded"; "Hallelujah, What a Saviour!"; "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning"; "Wonderful Words of Life"; and the tune for Horatio Spafford's "It Is Well with My Soul."

On 29 December 1876, the Pacific Express train on which Bliss and his wife were traveling in approached Ashtabula, Ohio. While the train was in the process of crossing a trestle bridge, which collapsed, all the carriages fell into the ravine below. Bliss escaped from the wreck, but the carriages caught fire and Bliss returned to try to extricate his wife. No trace of either body was discovered. Ninety-two of the 159 passengers are believed to have died in what became known as the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster.

The Blisses were survived by their two sons, George and Philip Paul, then aged four and one, respectively.

A monument to Bliss was erected in Rome, Pennsylvania.

Found in his trunk, which somehow survived the crash and fire, was a manuscript bearing the lyrics of the only well-known Bliss Gospel song for which he did not write a tune: "I Will Sing of My Redeemer." Soon thereafter, set to a tune specially written for it by James McGranahan, it became one of the first songs recorded by Thomas Alva Edison.

J
ames McGranahan was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various hymns. He was born 4 July 1840, in West Fallowfield or Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and died 9 July 1907 at his home in Kinsman, Ohio.  He composed over 25 hymns. 
For example, in one work he is listed as the composer of three notable songs: "He Will Hide Me" by Mary Elizabeth Servoss, "Revive Thy Work, O Lord" by Albert Midlane, and "Come" by a "Mrs. James Gibson Johnson"; and he composed the music for at least 39 of the 79 hymns in a work co-authored with Ira D. Sankey. McGranahan composed most of the tunes for the lyrics of Major Daniel Webster Whittle, including EL NATHAN, the tune associated with Whittle's "I Know Whom I Have Believèd" (written 1883).

The music of his hymn "My Redeemer," written for lyrics by P. P. Bliss, is used as the accompaniment for the Latter-day Saints hymn "O My Father."

Source : Wikipedia

Unison

Soprano

Alto

Alto with Soprano

Tenor

Tenor with Soprano

Bass

Bass with Soprano


1.       I will sing of my Redeemer
And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered,
From the curse to set me free.
Sing, Oh sing, of my Redeemer!
With his blood He purchased me!
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.

2.       I will tell the wondrous story,
How my lost estate to save,
In his boundless love and mercy,
He the ransom freely gave.
Sing, Oh sing, of my Redeemer!
With his blood He purchased me!
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.

3.       I will praise my dear Redeemer,
His triumphant power I’ll tell;
How the victory He giveth
Over sin, and death, and hell.
Sing, Oh sing, of my Redeemer!
With his blood He purchased me!
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.

4.       I will sing of my Redeemer,
And His heavenly love to me;
He from death to life hath brought me,
Son of God, with Him to be.
Sing, Oh sing, of my Redeemer!
With his blood He purchased me!
On the cross He sealed my pardon,
Paid the debt, and made me free.

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