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Coming to the Saviour

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I am coming to the Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming Used With Tune: [I am coming to the Saviour]

[I am coming to the Saviour]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Tune Sources: From "Songs of Faith" Incipit: 12333 45355 43231 Used With Text: Coming to the Saviour

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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #53 (1885) First Line: I am coming to the Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming Lyrics: 1 I am coming to the Saviour, At His feet I bow; I am pleading for His favor, Just now, just now. Chorus: I am coming, I am coming, I am coming just now, I am coming, I am coming, I am coming just now. 2 All my sin and guilt confessing, At His feet I bow; I am waiting for His blessing, Just now, just now. [Chorus] 3 In contrition humbly kneeling, At His feet I bow; I am seeking grace and healing, Just now, just now. [Chorus] 4 I believe Him, I believe Him, At His feet I bow; I receive Him, I receive Him, Just now, just now. [Chorus] 5 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! To the Lamb once slain; Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! [Chorus] Topics: Repentance Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming to the Saviour]

Coming to the Saviour

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Garlands of Praise #47 (1876) First Line: I am coming to the Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming to the Saviour]

Coming to the Saviour

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book #53 (1879) First Line: I am coming to the Saviour Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming Languages: English Tune Title: [I am coming to the Saviour]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Coming to the Saviour" 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) ==============

Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[I am coming to the Saviour]" in Gospel Praise Book. Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry