My Redeemer
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).
Source : Wikipedia
Unison
(I will sing
of my Redeemer)
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hilip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 –
29 December 1876) was
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."
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| P. P. Bliss |
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.
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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."
Unison
Soprano
Alto
Alto with Soprano
Tenor
Tenor with Soprano
Bass
Bass with Soprano
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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