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"I Will Sing of My Redeemer"

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Ashtabula River Railway Disaster which claimed the lives of 96 people.

At approximately 8:00 PM on December 29th, 2024, The Pacific Express, a train
carrying 160 people westward through a blinding blizzard, suddenly plunged 75 feet into the icy Ashtabula river as the defective iron bridge collapsed. Between the crash, drowning, intense fire and freezing winds, at least 96 people were killed. It was the worst American railway disaster in the 19th century.

Most notable among those killed were Gospel songwriter Philip P. Bliss and his wife Lucy. The couple were on their way to sing in a special service in D.L. Moody's Chicago church.

Bliss was a prolific songwriter and wrote many texts and tunes still sung today such as Hold the Fort, Jesus Loves Even Me, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (a song which was written about Cleveland harbor) as well as the music to It is Well with My Soul. He was a large part of the great revivals taking place in those days, which urged men to have personal faith in Christ.

The day before the wreck, Bliss was singing in a service. Before singing I'm Going Home Tomorrow, he told his audience "I may not pass this way again." The next day he and his wife boarded the doomed train to Chicago.

Bliss survived the crash and climbed out through a window. When he saw that his wife was still inside, pinned by the twisted metal seats, he climbed back into the blazing wreck. Ignoring the pleas of onlookers, his last known words were "If I cannot save her, I will perish with her!".

When his luggage finally arrived in Chicago, this yet-unpublished hymn was discovered:

"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."

We praise God for the ministry of Phillip Bliss. His hymns are still a blessing to God's people, and through them Bliss "being dead yet speaketh" (Heb. 11:4).

http://hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/l/i/s/bliss_pp.htm

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Philip Paul Bliss

Biography and Gospel songs of Philip Paul Bliss (1838–1876)

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"I Will Sing of My Redeemer"

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Ashtabula River Railway Disaster which claimed the lives of 96 people.

At approximately 8:00 PM on December 29th, 2024, The Pacific Express, a train
carrying 160 people westward through a blinding blizzard, suddenly plunged 75 feet into the icy Ashtabula river as the defective iron bridge collapsed. Between the crash, drowning, intense fire and freezing winds, at least 96 people were killed. It was the worst American railway disaster in the 19th century.

Most notable among those killed were Gospel songwriter Philip P. Bliss and his wife Lucy. The couple were on their way to sing in a special service in D.L. Moody's Chicago church.

Bliss was a prolific songwriter and wrote many texts and tunes still sung today such as Hold the Fort, Jesus Loves Even Me, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (a song which was written about Cleveland harbor) as well as the music to It is Well with My Soul. He was a large part of the great revivals taking place in those days, which urged men to have personal faith in Christ.

The day before the wreck, Bliss was singing in a service. Before singing I'm Going Home Tomorrow, he told his audience "I may not pass this way again." The next day he and his wife boarded the doomed train to Chicago.

Bliss survived the crash and climbed out through a window. When he saw that his wife was still inside, pinned by the twisted metal seats, he climbed back into the blazing wreck. Ignoring the pleas of onlookers, his last known words were "If I cannot save her, I will perish with her!".

When his luggage finally arrived in Chicago, this yet-unpublished hymn was discovered:

"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."

We praise God for the ministry of Phillip Bliss. His hymns are still a blessing to God's people, and through them Bliss "being dead yet speaketh" (Heb. 11:4).

http://hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/l/i/s/bliss_pp.htm

www.tgoop.com/BaptistPatriot

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