{"id":133,"asset_id":301,"title":"I Will Sing of My Redeemer","alias":"i-will-sing-of-my-redeemer","introtext":"<p><strong>I Will Sing of My Redeemer<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Philip Paul Bliss<\/p>\r\n<p>Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876), was a well known teacher, evangelist and soloist. He wrote many hymns, including <em>Almost Persuaded, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning,<\/em> and <em>Wonderful Words of Life<\/em>. He also composed the melody for Horatio Spafford's <em>It Is Well with My Soul<\/em>.<br \/> <br \/> Bliss and his wife Lucy traveled extensively, spreading the Gospel in song. In December, 1876, they were taking a much needed break; spending Christmas Holidays with Bliss' parents, in Pennsylvania. On the 28th, after receiving a request by telegram from D.L. Moody, the couple left their two children with grandparents and traveled by train to attend an evangelistic meeting in Chicago.<br \/> <br \/> While ministering at the meeting, Bliss spoke these words to the congregation: <em>I may not pass this way again,<\/em> after which he sang, <em>I'm Going Home Tomorrow.<\/em> His words and song would prove to be prophetic.<br \/> <br \/> On the 29th of December, 1876, Bliss and his wife boarded a train back to Pennsylvania. The winter snow and ice made for dangerous travel. As their train was crossing over a river in Ashtabula, Ohio, the bridge suddenly gave way and all the carriages fell into the freezing waters below. Bliss escaped through a window, only to find that Lucy had somehow been left behind in the burning wreckage. Although he was advised against it, Bliss headed back into the fire, saying: \"If I cannot save her, I will perish with her.\" The young couple did not survive.<br \/> <br \/> Of the 160 passengers, only 68 survived the disaster which took the lives of Lucy and Philip Bliss. The few remains retrieved from the accident site were placed in a common grave marked by a monument, in the Ashtabula Cemetery. Another monument was erected in Pennsylvania, in memory of Philip and Lucy Bliss.<br \/> <br \/> Among Bliss' belongings were the lyrics to <em>I Will Sing of My Redeemer<\/em>. In 1877, the hymn was set to music by composer and evangelist James McGranahan (1840 -1907), whose works included <em>There Shall Be Showers of Blessing<\/em>. That same year, singer and musician George Cole Stebbins (1846-1945), who composed many hymns, including <em>Saved by Grace<\/em> and <em>Take Time To be Holy<\/em>, made a recording of <em>I Will Sing of My Redeemer<\/em> - one of the first songs ever to be recorded on Thomas Edison's new invention, the phonograph.<br \/> <br \/> <br \/> <br \/> I will sing of my Redeemer,<br \/> And His wondrous love to me;<br \/> On the cruel cross He suffered,<br \/> From the curse to set me free.<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/> <strong>Refrain:<\/strong><br \/> <em>Sing, oh sing, of my Redeemer,<br \/> With His blood, He purchased me.<br \/> On the cross, He sealed my pardon,<br \/> Paid the debt, and made me free.<br \/> <\/em><br \/> I will tell the wondrous story,<br \/> How my lost estate to save,<br \/> In His boundless love and mercy,<br \/> He the ransom freely gave.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain<\/strong><br \/> <br \/> I will praise my dear Redeemer,<br \/> His triumphant power I'll tell,<br \/> How the victory He giveth<br \/> Over sin, and death, and hell.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain<\/strong><br \/> <br \/> I will sing of my Redeemer,<br \/> And His heav'nly love to me;<br \/> He from death to life hath brought me,<br \/> Son of God with Him to be.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Refrain<\/strong><br \/> <br \/> <em>\u201cChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.<\/em>\u201d (Galatians 3:13)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"37","created":"2020-11-04 04:33:09","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2020-11-04 04:33:09","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2020-11-04 04:33:09","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"0","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}