Author Bio Information
Hoffman, Elisha Albright's bio information
May 7, 1839 - November 25, 1929
Born: May 7, 1839, Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania.
Died: November 25, 1929, Chicago, Illinois.
Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
A minister’s son, Hoffman attended Union Seminary in New Berlin, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in 1868. Afterward, he worked with the Evangelical Association’s publishing arm in Cleveland, Ohio for 11 years. He pastored in Cleveland and Grafton, Ohio, in the 1880s; at the First Presbyterian Church in Benton Harbor, Michigan, around the turn of the century; and in Cabery, Illinois (1911-1922). In his lifetime, he wrote over 2,000 Gospel songs. The 50 song books he edited include:
The Evergreen, 1873
Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School, 1878
Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1894)
Hymns
Are You Washed in the Blood?
Down at the Cross
Down Low at My Redeemer’s Feet
Draw Me Closer, Lord, to Thee
Enough for Me
Give Him the Glory
Hallowed Hour of Prayer
I Must Tell Jesus
Is It Not Wonderful?
Is Thy Heart Right with God?
Is Your All on the Altar?
It Is Mine
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Lord I Am Fondly, Earnestly Longing (Open The Wells)
Lord Is Coming By and By, The
No Other Friend Like Jesus
Over the Rolling Sea
Power for Service
Sing of Jesus
Speed the Light
What a Wonderful Savior!
Where Will You Spend Eternity?
Would You Know Why I Love Jesus?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/h/o/f/hoffman_ea.htm
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Died: November 25, 1929, Chicago, Illinois.
Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
A minister’s son, Hoffman attended Union Seminary in New Berlin, Pennsylvania, and was ordained in 1868. Afterward, he worked with the Evangelical Association’s publishing arm in Cleveland, Ohio for 11 years. He pastored in Cleveland and Grafton, Ohio, in the 1880s; at the First Presbyterian Church in Benton Harbor, Michigan, around the turn of the century; and in Cabery, Illinois (1911-1922). In his lifetime, he wrote over 2,000 Gospel songs. The 50 song books he edited include:
The Evergreen, 1873
Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School, 1878
Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1894)
Hymns
Are You Washed in the Blood?
Down at the Cross
Down Low at My Redeemer’s Feet
Draw Me Closer, Lord, to Thee
Enough for Me
Give Him the Glory
Hallowed Hour of Prayer
I Must Tell Jesus
Is It Not Wonderful?
Is Thy Heart Right with God?
Is Your All on the Altar?
It Is Mine
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Lord I Am Fondly, Earnestly Longing (Open The Wells)
Lord Is Coming By and By, The
No Other Friend Like Jesus
Over the Rolling Sea
Power for Service
Sing of Jesus
Speed the Light
What a Wonderful Savior!
Where Will You Spend Eternity?
Would You Know Why I Love Jesus?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/h/o/f/hoffman_ea.htm
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The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Abide With Me 3 (uploaded on Jul 07, 2013)
- # 2 - Jesus, Rose Of Sharon 3 (uploaded on Jul 07, 2013)
- # 3 - Come, Thou Almighty King 2 (uploaded on Jul 07, 2013)
- # 4 - The Broken Heart 2 (uploaded on Aug 19, 2012)
- # 5 - Holy Spirit, Teacher Thou (uploaded on May 13, 2012)
- # 6 - Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross (uploaded on Jan 23, 2011)
- # 7 - All People That On Earth (uploaded on Sep 26, 2010)
- # 8 - The Wondrous Gift (uploaded on Sep 26, 2010)
- # 9 - Deeper Yet (uploaded on Jun 13, 2010)
- #10 - Great God Of Wonders (uploaded on Jun 13, 2010)