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[I've turned my back upon the world]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Florence M. Hoffman Incipit: 55176 65356 27221 Used With Text: 我今轉身背向俗世 (I've turned my back upon the world)

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I've turn'd my back upon the world Refrain First Line: Far, far behind me! Used With Tune: [I've turn'd my back upon the world]

我今轉身背向俗世 (I've turned my back upon the world)

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: 我今轉身背向俗世 Used With Tune: [I've turned my back upon the world]

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I've Left the World Behind Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Songs of Matchless Love #82 (1904) First Line: I've turned my back upon the world Refrain First Line: Far, far behind me! Lyrics: 1 I've turned my back upon the world With all its idle pleasures, And set my heart on better things, On higher, holier treasures; No more its glitter and its glare, And vanity shall blind me; I've crossed the separating line, And left the world behind me. Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've crossed the separating line, And left the world behind me. 2 I've left the old sad life of sin, Its follies all forsaken; My standing place is now in Christ, His holy vows I've taken; Beneath the standard of the cross The world henceforth shall find me; I've passed in Christ from death to life, And left the world behind me. Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've passed in Christ from death to life, And left the world behind me. 3 My soul shall ne'er return again Back to its former station For here alone is perfect peace, And rest from condemnation; I've made exchange of masters now, The vows of glory bind me, And once for all I've left the world, Yes, left the world behind me. Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! And once for all I've left the world, Yes, left the world behind me. 4 My choice is made forevermore, I want no other Savior; I ask no purer happiness Than His sweet love and favor; My heart is fixed on Jesus Christ, No more the world shall blind me; I've crossed the Red Sea of His death, And left the world behind me. Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've crossed the Red Sea of His death, And left the world behind me. Tune Title: [I've turned my back upon the world]

I've Left the World Behind Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Golden Sheaf #177 (1902) First Line: I've turned my back upon the world Refrain First Line: Far, far behind me! Lyrics: 1 I've turned my back upon the world With all its idle pleasures, And set my heart on better things, On higher, holier treasures; No more its glitter and its glare, And vanity shall blind me; I've cross'd the separating line, And left the world behind me. Chorus: Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've cross'd the separating line, And left the world behind me. 2 I've left the old sad life of sin, Its follies all forsaken; My standing place is now in Christ, His holy vows I've taken; Beneath the standard of the cross The world henceforth shall find me; I've pass'd in Christ from death to life, And left the world behind me. Chorus: Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've pass'd in Christ from death to life, And left the world behind me. 3 My soul shall ne'er return again Back to its former station, For here alone is perfect peace, And rest from condemnation; I've made exchange of masters now, The vows of heaven bind me, And once for all I've left the world, Yes, left the world behind me. Chorus: Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! And once for all I've left the world, Yes, left the world behind me. 4 My choice is made forevermore, I want no other Saviour; I ask no purer happiness Than his sweet love and favor; My heart is fixed on Jesus Christ, No more the world shall blind me; I've cross'd the Red Sea of his blood, And left the world behind me. Chorus: Far, far behind me! Far, far behind me! I've cross'd the Red Sea of his blood, And left the world behind me. Tune Title: [I've turned my back upon the world]

我今轉身背向俗世 (I've turned my back upon the world)

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #295 (1984) First Line: 我今轉身背向俗世 Languages: Chinese Tune Title: [I've turned my back upon the world]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "I've Left the World Behind Me" in The Golden Sheaf 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) ==============