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Thou Hast Called Me

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Thou hast called me, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: What I have and what I am

[Thou hast called me, blessed Savior]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 32345 65321 26543 Used With Text: Thou Hast Called Me

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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Great Awakening #107 (1886) First Line: Thou hast called me, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: What I have, and what I am Lyrics: 1 Thou hast called me, blessed Savior, To become a child of Thine, And to bring in consecration Unto Thee this heart of mine. Refrain: What I have, and what I am, All I consecrate to Thee, Take my heart, the gift I bring, And bestow Thy grace on me. 2 I am willing to bestow Thee All my best and purest love; Make it warm, and pure, and fervent, Like the love of saints above. [Refrain] 3 I will live for Thee, dear Savior, Watch and pray against all sin; And by pure and good example Strive some souls to Thee to win. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Thou hast called me, blessed Savior]

Thou Hast Called Me

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Royal Praise for the Sunday School #15 (1888) First Line: Thou hast called me, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: What I have and what I am Languages: English Tune Title: [Thou hast called me, blessed Savior]

Thou Hast Called Me

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book #107 (1890) First Line: Thou hast called me, blessed Saviour Refrain First Line: What I have, and what I am Languages: English Tune Title: [Thou hast called me, blessed Saviour]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Thou Hast Called Me" in The Great Awakening 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) ==============

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Thou hast called me, blessed Savior]" in The Great Awakening John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch