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Only in the Narrow Way

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Many in their search for Jesus Refrain First Line: Seek Him there, seek Him there

[Many in their search for Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55556 51232 22123 Used With Text: Only in the Narrow Way

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Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Showers of Blessing #113 (1888) First Line: Many in their search for Jesus Refrain First Line: Seek him there, seek him there Lyrics: 1 Many in their search for Jesus Wander where he does not stay, We must seek him where he tarries— Only in the narrow way. Refrain: Seek him there, seek him there, Only in the narrow way; None who seek fail to find, Only in the narrow way. 2 In the path of worldly honor Many feet are lured stray, Far from happiness and Jesus,— He is in the narrow way. [Refrain] 3 In the whirl of giddy pleasure Many weary souls delay, And they never meet with Jesus,— He is in the narrow way. [Refrain] 4 O ye souls so long deluded, Turn from self and sin away! You can find the blessed Jesus Only in the narrow way. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Many in their search for Jesus]

Only in the Narrow Way

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Sacred Trio #425 (1889) First Line: Many in their search for Jesus Refrain First Line: Seek him there, seek him there Tune Title: [Many in their search for Jesus]

Seek him there

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Sacred Trio #425 (1892) First Line: Many in their search for Jesus Topics: Christ (Jesus)

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "Only in the Narrow Way" 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) ==============

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Many in their search for Jesus]" in Showers of Blessing John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission