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Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: My feet are weary, but I am going Refrain First Line: For I am going home, yes, I am going home Used With Tune: [My feet are weary, but I am going]

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[My feet are weary, but I am going]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira Orwig Hoffman Incipit: 33465 11243 33346 Used With Text: I'm On My Journey Home

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I'm On My Journey Home

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Singing by the Way (Rev. ed.) #18 (1897) First Line: My feet are weary, but I am going Refrain First Line: For I am going home, yes, I am going home Lyrics: 1 My feet are weary, but I am going To the fair palace of the king, To see His beauty and share His glory, AndHis eternal praises sing. Chorus: For I am going home, yes, I am going home, To yonder city, bright and fair, To see my Saviour dear, to see my Saviour dear. And live with Him forever there. 2 Oh, do not hinder me on my journey, For earth is not my dwelling-place! I'm going homeward to meet my Saviour, And see Him ever face to face. [Chorus] 3 A few more sorrows, a few more trials, A few more burdens here to bear, And I will enter the heav'nly portals, And rest in peace forever there. [Chorus] Scripture: Philippians 1:23 Languages: English Tune Title: [My feet are weary, but I am going]

I'm On My Journey Home

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Songs for Christ and the Church #53 (1892) First Line: My feet are weary, but I am going Refrain First Line: For I am going home, yes, I am going home Languages: English Tune Title: [My feet are weary, but I am going]

I'm On My Journey Home

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Master's Praise #133 (1892) First Line: My feet are weary, but I am going Refrain First Line: For I am going home, yes, I am going home Languages: English Tune Title: [My feet are weary, but I am going]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "I'm On My Journey Home" in Singing by the Way (Rev. ed.) 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) ==============

Ira O. Hoffman

1867 - 1943 Person Name: Ira Orwig Hoffman Composer of "[My feet are weary, but I am going]" in Tried and True Born: Circa 1867, Pennsylvania. Died: May 4, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio. Ira’s father was song writer Elisha Hoffman. His middle name was his mother’s maiden name. At age nine, he is said to have written the music for his father’s song "The Little Pilgrim;" as an adult, he was a composer, arranger, and music editor. His works include: Favorite Gospel Songs: A Tune Boo (music editor) (Jersey City, New Jersey: J. N. Davis, 1894) --www.hymntime.com/tch