[Sowing the seed by the daylight fair] (Bliss)

[Sowing the seed by the daylight fair] (Bliss)

Composer: P. P. Bliss
Published in 45 hymnals


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Composer: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Sowing the seed by the daylight fair] (Bliss)
Composer: P. P. Bliss
Incipit: 34453 11777 66655
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #7656
Text: What Shall the Harvest Be?
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #6842
Text: O! miainga, miasa izao (O! Stand up and work now)
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 45 of 45)
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Deseret Sunday School Songs #264

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El Himnario Evangelico #242

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El Himnario para el uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Espanola en Todo el Mundo #116

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El Nuevo Himnario Popular (Edicion Revisada y Corregida) #343

Evangeli harpe #461

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #226

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #226

Favorite Hymns #138

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Full Redemption Songs #199

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Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs #79

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Gospel Hymns No. 2 #92

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Gospel Hymns No. 6 #196

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #662

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Hymns and Sacred Songs #255

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Hymns and Songs #306

Hymns of the Faith #257

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Joy to the World #140

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Kingdom Songs #170

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Minnetonka Songs #62

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #36

Popular Hymns Number 3 #169

Popular Hymns, revised #84

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #308

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Redemption Songs #147

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Rescue Songs #79

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Rettungsjubel #190

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Revival Melodies #80

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #730

Sacred Selections for the Church #509

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Sacred Songs & Solos #42

Sacred Songs and Solos #42

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Salvation Army Music #413

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Service Hymnal #461

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Small Church Music #6842

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Songs and Music #120

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Songs and Music #121

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #461

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The Broadman Hymnal #404

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The Carol #116

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The Christian Sunday School Hymnal #73

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The Cyber Hymnal #7656

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The Great Awakening #154

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The Redeemer's Praise #148

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The Songs of Zion #244

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Worship and Service #60

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