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[I think of Thee, dear Saviour, at the dawning of the day]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Incipit: 34325 23213 34325 Used With Text: My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet

Author: W. C. Martin; E. A. H. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: I think of Thee, dear Savior, at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: My tho'ts of Thee are sweet Used With Tune: [I think of Thee, dear Savior, at the dawning of the day]

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My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet

Author: E. A. H.; W. C. Martin Hymnal: Bright Beautiful Bells #9 (1900) First Line: I think of Thee, dear Savior Refrain First Line: My tho'ts of Thee are sweet Languages: English Tune Title: [I think of Thee, dear Savior]

My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet

Author: W. C. Martin; E. A. H. Hymnal: New Harvest Bells #49 (1900) First Line: I think of Thee, dear Savior, at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: My tho'ts of Thee are sweet Languages: English Tune Title: [I think of Thee, dear Savior, at the dawning of the day]

My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet

Author: W. C. Martin; E. A. H. Hymnal: The New Gospel Song Book #44 (1914) First Line: I think of Thee, dear Saviour, at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: My tho'ts of Thee are sweet Topics: Consolation Scripture: Psalm 104:34 Languages: English Tune Title: [I think of Thee, dear Saviour, at the dawning of the day]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: E. A. H. Author of "My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet" in Bright Beautiful Bells 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) ==============

W. C. Martin

1864 - 1914 Author of "My Thoughts of Thee Are Sweet" in Bright Beautiful Bells Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL. John Perry