The Half Was Never Told

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The half was never told, The half was never told (Chorus)

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [The half was never told] (Chorus)
Published in 1 hymnal

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The half was never told,
The half was never told,
of Grace Divine, so wonderful,
The half was never told.

Source: Songs of Victory: for evangelistic meetings, conferences, the home circle, and Christian worship. Along with a selection of choruses #c1

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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:	The half was never told, The half was never told (Chorus)
Title:	The Half Was Never Told
Author:	P. P. Bliss
Language:	English
Notes:	Chorus of the hymn Repeat the story over and over