Philip Bliss
19TH CENTURY CHRISTIAN HYMNODIST
P. P. Bliss; Philip Paul Bliss; Philip P. Bliss; Hallelujah, What a Saviour!; P.P. Bliss; Phillip Paul Bliss; Hold the Fort (song); Wonderful Words of Life
Philip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritoneThe Heart of a Hymn writer, Masters Peter; Men of Purpose, Wakeman Publishers Ltd, London,1973 Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns, including "Hold the Fort" (1870), "Almost Persuaded" (1871); "Hallelujah, What a Saviour!