1838-1876
Bliss Home in Rome, Pennsylvania

Ju­ly 9, 1838, Clear­field Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

De­cem­ber 29, 1876, Ash­ta­bu­la, Ohio. Bliss and his wife died in a tra­gic train wreck caused by a bridge col­lapse. He sur­vived the in­i­tial im­pact, but went back in­to the flames in an un­suc­ces­sful at­tempt to res­cue his wife. The re­mains re­trieved from the Ash­ta­bu­la dis­as­ter were placed in a com­mon grave marked by a cen­o­taph in the Ash­ta­bu­la Cem­e­te­ry. A cen­o­taph in mem­o­ry of the Bliss­es was al­so erect­ed in the cem­e­tery at Rome, Penn­syl­vania, Ju­ly 17, 1877.

The night be­fore that ter­ri­ble rail­road ac­ci­dent at Ash­ta­bu­la…he said to his au­di­ence, I may not pass this way again; then he sang a so­lo, I’m Go­ing Home To­mor­row. This in­deed proved pro­phe­tic of his own home go­ing.

Crosby, Chapter XVII

Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)
Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)

Bliss’ works in­clude:

  1. A Long Time I Wan­dered
  2. And Yet There Is Room
  3. Ascension, The
  4. Ask, Seek, Knock
  5. At the Feet of Je­sus
  6. Almost Per­suad­ed
  7. Beautiful Rain
  8. Beautiful Song of Love
  9. Beggar by the Way­side, The
  10. Bethesda
  11. Blessed Are They That Do His Com­mand­ments
  12. By and By
  13. Calling Now
  14. Come, Breth­ren, as We March Along
  15. Come, Sing the Go­spel’s Joy­ful Sound
  16. Cut It Down
  17. Dare to Be a Dan­i­el
  18. Do You See the He­brew Cap­tive Kneel­ing?
  19. Down Life’s Dark Vale We Wan­der
  20. Fear Not
  21. Follow Me
  22. Free from the Law
  23. God Is Al­ways Near Me
  24. Going Home
  25. Good Cheer
  26. Good News
  27. Good Night Till Then
  28. Hail, Hap­py Morn­ing
  29. Half Was Ne­ver Told, The
  30. Hallelujah, He Is Ris­en!
  31. Hallelujah, ’Tis Done!
  32. Hallelujah! What a Sav­ior
  33. Have You on the Lord Be­lieved?
  34. He That Be­liev­eth
  35. Help
  36. Hold the Fort
  37. Holy Spir­it, The
  38. Hosanna, Ho­san­na
  39. How Goes the Bat­tle?
  40. How Hap­py Are We
  41. How Much Ow­est Thou?
  42. I Must Abide with Thee
  43. I Should Like to Die
  44. I Know He Is Mine
  45. I Know Not the Hour
  46. I’m on the Lord’s Side
  47. In Me Ye May Have Peace
  48. I’ve Passed the Cross
  49. Jerusalem So Fair
  50. Jesus Loves Ev­en Me
  51. Lead Thou Me
  52. Let the Low­er Lights Be Burn­ing
  53. Light in the Dark­ness, Day Is at Hand
  54. Light of the World Is Je­sus, The
  55. Look and Live
  56. Lord Je­sus, Come!
  57. Lord, Save Me
  58. Man the Life Boat
  59. March to the Bat­tle­field
  60. More Ho­li­ness Give Me
  61. Mourn, Pray, Praise
  62. My Grand­fa­ther’s Bi­ble
  63. My High Tow­er
  64. My Re­deem­er
  65. My Sav­ior’s Charms
  66. Naught to Charg­es False
  67. Nearer to Me
  68. No Other Name
  69. O! Je­ru­sa­lem, the Gold­en Ci­ty
  70. On What Foun­da­tion Do You Build?
  71. Once More with Mourn­ful Step
  72. Only a Lit­tle Child
  73. Only a Step to Hea­ven
  74. Only an Arm­or Bear­er
  75. Only Be­lieve
  76. Over Yon­der
  77. Paul and Si­las
  78. Peter’s De­ni­al
  79. Praying Al­ways
  80. Press For­ward
  81. Pull for the Shore
  82. Repeat the Sto­ry o’er and O’er
  83. Remember the Poor
  84. Remembered
  85. Safe with the Mas­ter
  86. Sailing in­to Port
  87. Seeking to Save
  88. Song in Scrip­ture
  89. Soon and For­ev­er
  90. Spirit Di­vine
  91. Spirit, O Sin­ner, in Mer­cy Doth Move, The
  92. Spirit Tree, The
  93. Sword of the Lord, The
  94. Temperance Ship, The
  95. There Is Sin in the Camp
  96. There’s a Light in the Val­ley
  97. This Is the Vic­to­ry
  98. Though the Way May Some­times Be Drea­ry
  99. Three Moun­tains, The
  100. ’Tis Known on Earth and Hea­ven, Too
  101. To De­part, Which Is Bet­ter?
  102. To Die Is Gain
  103. Turn to the Right
  104. Waiting at the Well
  105. Wandering Afar from the Dwell­ings of Men
  106. Weary Glean­er, Whence Com­est Thou?
  107. What Shall the Har­vest Be?
  108. What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
  109. When Je­sus Comes
  110. When My Wea­ry Hands Are Fold­ed
  111. Where Are the Nine?
  112. Where Hast Thou Gleaned To­day?
  113. Where He Leads We Will Fol­low
  114. While the Sil­ve­ry Moon­beams Fall
  115. Whosoever Will
  116. Why Un­be­liev­ing?
  117. Will You Meet Me at the Foun­tain?
  118. Wishing, Hop­ing, Know­ing
  119. Wonderful Words of Life
  120. Wondrous Love
  1. Alcatraz
  2. Bliss
  3. Bury Thy Sor­row
  4. Cæsarea
  5. Can It Be Right?
  6. Come un­to Me
  7. Eternity
  8. Harvest Is Pass­ing, The
  9. Ho, Ev­ery One That Thirst­eth
  10. Hold Fast Till I Come
  11. Kenosis
  12. Lift Up, Lift Up Thy Voice
  13. Look Away to Je­sus
  14. Lord Je­sus, Come
  15. New Song, The
  16. O Crown of Re­joic­ing
  17. Oh, to Be No­thing
  18. Olympia
  19. Out of the Ark
  20. Precious Prom­ise
  21. Sing and Pray!
  22. Thine, Je­sus Thine
  23. Tower
  24. Up with Thy Hands to Je­sus
  25. Ville du Havre
  26. We’re Go­ing Home To­mor­row
  27. Waiting and Watch­ing for Me
  28. What Shall the Har­vest Be?
  29. Who’s on the Lord’s Side?