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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Friends and lov'd ones may leave us Lyrics: 1 Friends and lov’d ones may leave us, Foes may painfully grieve us, Death may sorely bereave us, But Jesus will love us still. Chorus: Jesus will never forget me, No! never forget me; Never, no never forget me, Jesus will love me still! 2 When I’m tried by temptation, Reft of all consolation, And in great tribulation, My Jesus will love me still. [Chorus] 3 When my feet are aweary, When my eyes are all teary, When life’s pathway is dreary, My Jesus will love me still. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]

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[Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. C. Converse Incipit: 33323 53666 76535 Used With Text: Jesus will Never Forget Me

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Jesus Will Never Forget Me

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #288a (1885) First Line: Friends and lov'd ones may leave us Lyrics: 1 Friends and lov’d ones may leave us, Foes may painfully grieve us, Death may sorely bereave us, But Jesus will love us still. Chorus: Jesus will never forget me, No! never forget me; Never, no never forget me, Jesus will love me still! 2 When I’m tried by temptation, Reft of all consolation, And in great tribulation, My Jesus will love me still. [Chorus] 3 When my feet are aweary, When my eyes are all teary, When life’s pathway is dreary, My Jesus will love me still. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]

Jesus Will Never Forget Me

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #94 (1884) First Line: Friends and lov'd ones may leave us Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]

Jesus will Never Forget Me

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gleanings of Sacred Song #115 (1892) First Line: Friends and lov'd ones may leave us Languages: English Tune Title: [Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Jesus Will Never Forget Me" in Gospel Praise Book. Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============

Charles C. Converse

1832 - 1918 Person Name: C. C. Converse Composer of "[Friends and lov'd ones may leave us]" in Gospel Praise Book. Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons ================================= Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”. John Perry