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O this precious, precious friend

Author: Rev. Elisha Albright Hoffman Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Jesus is a precious friend Topics: Christ (Jesus)

[Jesus is a precious friend]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Incipit: 11116 55333 22311 Used With Text: Jesus, the Friend

[Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 12333 33212 55321 Used With Text: Jesus is a Precious Friend

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Author: Rev. Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #67 (1888) First Line: Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true Refrain First Line: O this precious, precious friend Lyrics: 1 Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true! Full of tenderness and sympathy; In the time of woe and care he my grief will share, For he is a loving friend to me. Refrain: O this precious, precious friend, On whose goodness I depend, How he loves me, yes, loves me With love that knows no end! For he died upon the tree, And in dying ransomed me, And will love me, yes, love me Thro’ all eternity. 2 Jesus is my dearest friend, and he walks with me As I journey in the narrow way; He assures me I am his, and bestows his peace, So I’m happy in his love each day. [Refrain] 3 Jesus is the sinner’s friend, and he died for me, And redeemed me by his wondrous grace; And will lead me by the hand to the better land, Where I hope to see him face to face. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true]

Jesus is a Precious Friend

Author: Rev. Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Sacred Trio #382 (1889) First Line: Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true Refrain First Line: O this precious, precious friend Tune Title: [Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true]

Jesus, the Friend

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Jewelled Crown #23 (1891) First Line: Jesus is a precious friend Refrain First Line: Jesus is a Friend indeed Topics: Infant Class Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is a precious friend]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha Albright Hoffman Author of "Jesus is a Precious Friend" in Showers of Blessing 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) ==============

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Jesus is a precious friend: oh, so kind and true]" in Showers of Blessing William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman