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Bliss, Philip PaulPhilip Paul Bliss
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(1838 - 1876)
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More Holiness Give Me

More Holiness Give Me
My Prayer
Philip Paul Bliss


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Composer
Philip Paul Bliss
Philip Paul Bliss (1838 - 1876)
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Piano solo

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Hymn - Sacred

Arranger
Philip Paul Bliss
Zisi, Matthew
CopyrightCopyright © Matthew Zisi
Soothing arrangement of More Holiness Give Me perfect for prelude, offertory, or other special service music

1. More holiness give me,
More striving within,
More patience in suff’ring,
More sorrow for sin;
More faith in my Savior,
More sense of His care,
More joy in His service,
More purpose in prayer.

2. More gratitude give me,
More trust in the Lord,
More pride in His glory,
More hope in His Word;
More tears for His sorrows,
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This sheet music is part of the collection of crosby3145 :
Wonderful Words of Life and Nine Other Hymns by Philip P. Bliss

Bliss. Merriam-Webster defines the word as (1) complete happiness and (2) as PARADISE, HEAVEN. It just happened to be the last name of the composer of these hymns, but seldom in human history do we find a name that fits someone more appropriately, from birth. Just sing through a few of the Bliss hymns, and you’ll feel the joy and enthusiasm Bliss experienced from his relationship with Christ.
Philip Bliss was born July 9, 1838, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. His father was a singer, and the young Bliss grew up loving music—one anecdote tells of his wandering into a house at age 10 and asking the astonished pianist to keep playing—it was his first time hearing the instrument. Not the last, though!
Bliss worked a number of different jobs growing up, eventually taking a position as schoolteacher in Hartsville, New York, at 19. About this time, he met J.G. Towner (father of Daniel B. Towner) and William B. Bradbury, who mentored and encouraged him to pursue music as a career. Bliss started composing, writing his first composition in exchange for a flute.
Dr. George F. Root, another well-known hymnwriter, hired Bliss to come to Chicago in 1864—around this time, he also served in the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry, but not for long, as the Civil War was almost over. After that, he worked for Root in the Root-Cady Publishing Company—his duties included writing hymns, leading musical conventions, and putting on concerts. He met D.L. Moody in 1869, and Moody urged Bliss to make evangelism his career, which Bliss would eventually do in 1874—teaming up with Daniel W. Whittle. Bliss never was a rich man, but he donated the royalties to his songs for evangelism. He died December 29, 1876, in a famous train wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio—though he initially escaped the wreck, he perished trying to save his wife. He composed a great number of hymns during his short life, many of which are still commonly sung today.
Bliss’s hymns are all written in a way that captures joy, while being quite simple. That may be why two of the hymns in the collection, Dare to Be a Daniel and Jesus Loves Even Me, are children’s favorites. Unlike a lot of hymnwriters, Bliss usually wrote the words and the music to his compositions. This collection contains those exclusively—thus, it omits perhaps his most famous hymn, It Is Well with My Soul. Horatio Spafford wrote the words to that one, of course, and it appears as the title work for one of my other collections. This collection also omits I Will Sing of My Redeemer, one Bliss never got around to writing a tune to (the words were found in his briefcase after the train wreck).
That said, Bliss had many other famous hymns, which are included here. Several have a story behind them. “Hold the Fort!” was inspired by an incident from the Civil War—not one Bliss himself was involved in, but one he heard about from Daniel Whittle, a major in the war. Whittle was in Bartow County, Georgia, for the Battle of Allatoona Pass. October 4, 1864, the day before the conflict, Whittle and his company were guarding the garrison at Allatoona, waiting for General William Tecumseh Sherman and additional troops. The general had not yet arrived, but he sent messengers to the garrison to tell the soldiers, as Whittle reported it, “Hold the fort, for I am coming!” Bliss saw the spiritual application easily—stay faithful to Christ, for He is coming—and he wrote a hymn based on the incident. Before he died in 1876, he and Whittle got to travel to the site of the battle and see the area where the hymn was inspired. Sherman later recounted that while he didn’t actually say “Hold the fort!” (his actual words were “Hold Fast. We are coming!”), that’s what he meant—and that is the quotation that has become so famous today.
“Let the Lower Lights Be Burning” was inspired by a D.L. Moody sermon. Moody once told a story of a ship approaching Cleveland Harbor. The lighthouse showed where the harbor was, but other lights that were supposed to mark the harbor’s entry (the “lower lights”) had gone out, due to negligence. Unable to tell where the danger lay, the pilot ran the ship into a rock, and many drowned. That inspired the now famous words of Bliss (“but to us He gives the keeping of the lights along the shore”—“Some poor fainting, struggling seaman you may rescue, you may save.”)
Other Bliss hymns are great succinct and memorable statements of Christian doctrine. “Whosoever Will” encompasses the great truth of John 3:16, “…that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” “Once for All!” reminds us that “It is finished!”—Christ’s sacrifice is the substitute for all sins that those who believe on Him may commit.
More famous Bliss hymns in this collection include “Wonderful Words of Life,” “Dare to Be a Daniel,” and “Jesus Loves Even Me.” There are also a few in here that, while they are not as well-known as the others, are also gems which deserve to be performed. I hope these hymns are a blessing to you!
Sheet music list :
› Dare to Be a Daniel
› Hallelujah, 'Tis Done!
› Hold the Fort
› Jesus Loves Even Me
› Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
› More Holiness Give Me
› Once for All!
› The Light of the World Is Jesus
› Whosoever Will
› Wonderful Words of Life