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[I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. Fannie L. Simpson Incipit: 17656 54317 12313 Used With Text: Because He Loves Me So

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ Refrain First Line: ‘Tis wonderful, ‘tis wonderful Lyrics: 1 I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ, I hear his cry of woe, And know he bears this bitter pain, Because he loves me so. Refrain: ‘Tis wonderful, ‘tis wonderful, The debt of love I owe To Christ the precious Son of God, Because he loves me so, Because he loves me so. 2 I see him in Gethsemane, In sorrow bending low, The blood upon his holy brow, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] 3 He wears the cruel crown of thorns, To death my Lord doth go, To sacrifice himself for me, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] 4 O wonderful the debt of love To my dear Lord I owe, Who gives his life to ransom me, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ]

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Because He Loves Me So

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #10 (1904) First Line: I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ Refrain First Line: ‘Tis wonderful, ‘tis wonderful Lyrics: 1 I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ, I hear his cry of woe, And know he bears this bitter pain, Because he loves me so. Refrain: ‘Tis wonderful, ‘tis wonderful, The debt of love I owe To Christ the precious Son of God, Because he loves me so, Because he loves me so. 2 I see him in Gethsemane, In sorrow bending low, The blood upon his holy brow, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] 3 He wears the cruel crown of thorns, To death my Lord doth go, To sacrifice himself for me, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] 4 O wonderful the debt of love To my dear Lord I owe, Who gives his life to ransom me, Because he loves me so. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ]

Because He Loves Me So

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #5 (1914) First Line: I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ Refrain First Line: 'Tis wonderful, 'tis wonderful Languages: English Tune Title: [I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ]

Because He Loves Me So

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 4 #15 (1907) First Line: I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ Refrain First Line: 'Tis wonderful, 'tis wonderful Topics: Duets; Love Tune Title: [I see the nail-pierced hands of Christ]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "Because He Loves Me So" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined 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) ==============