Só Por Jesus

Author: 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 >

Adapter: S. E. McNair

Stuart Edmund McNair (March 8, 1867 – January 10, 1959) was an English-born missionary and hymnist whose most significant work was carried out in Brazil. Born in Brighton, England, and raised in Croydon, McNair was influenced early in life by the biblical teaching of John Nelson Darby. Trained as a civil engineer, he devoted himself to Christian ministry. In 1891 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where he became involved in evangelical work and contributed to the development of the hymnal later known as Hinos e Cânticos. McNair arrived in Brazil in 1896 and engaged in extensive evangelistic and teaching ministry, particularly in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo. He traveled widely, established Bible Schoo… Go to person page >