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| Short Name: | Bliss Wiant |
| Full Name: | Wiant, Bliss, 1895-1975 |
| Birth Year: | 1895 |
| Death Year: | 1975 |
Bliss Wiant (1895-1975) was educated at Wittenberg College and Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920), Boston University (M.A. 1936), and Peabody College (Ph.D. 1946). He also studied at Harvard University and Union Theological Seminary, New York City After ordination (1923), Wiant became head of the music department at Yenching University, Peking (1923-1951). He was pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Delaware, Ohio (1953-1955), then minister of music at Mahoning Methodist Church, Youngstown, Ohio. After serving with the Methodist Board of Education, he became director of music at Scarritt College.
--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
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Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mary Louise VanDyke (8 January 1987) outlining activity in the 1960s and 1970s is available in the DNAH Archives.
Texts by Bliss Wiant (5) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great are your mercies, heavenly Father | Bliss Wiant (Translator) | English | 1 |
| Holy Father, thou, thee we worship now | Bliss Wiant, 1895- (Translator (verse 1)) | 1 | |
| Never forget God's daily care | Bliss Wiant (Translator) | English | 3 |
| Rise to greet the sun | Bliss Wiant (Author) | English | 7 |
| Stars of ice, wheel of moonlight bright | Bliss Wiant, 1895- (Translator) | 1 |
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