No Other Name

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One offer of salvation, To all the world make known

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [One offer of salvation]
Published in 11 hymnals

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1. One offer of salvation,
To all the world make known;
The only sure foundation
Is Christ the cornerstone.

Refrain
No other name is given,
No other way is known,
’Tis Jesus Christ the First and Last,
He saves, and He alone.

2. One only door of Heaven
Stands open wide today,
One sacrifice is given,
’Tis Christ, the living way. [Refrain]

3. My only song and story
Is—Jesus died for me;
My only hope of glory,
The cross of Calvary. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #4587

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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 >

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First Line:	One offer of salvation, To all the world make known
Title:	No Other Name
Author:	P. P. Bliss
Meter:	7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	No other name is given
Notes:	Danish translation: See "Een frelse blot som bydes" by P. H. Dam
Copyright:	Public Domain