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[Let us praise the Lord of heaven]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frank M. Davis Incipit: 34555 34322 24334

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Let us praise the Lord of heaven Refrain First Line: Praise him, praise him Used With Tune: [Let us praise the Lord of heaven]

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Let Us Praise Him

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gospel Echoes #11 (1877) First Line: Let us praise the Lord of heaven Refrain First Line: Praise him, praise him Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us praise the Lord of heaven]

Let Us Praise Him

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Redeemer's Praise #69 (1881) First Line: Let us praise the Lord of heaven Refrain First Line: Praise him, Praise him Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us praise the Lord of heaven]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "Let Us Praise Him" in Gospel Echoes 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) ==============

Frank M. Davis

1839 - 1896 Composer of "[Let us praise the Lord of heaven]" in Gospel Echoes Frank Marion Davis USA 1839-1896. Born at Marcellus, NY, he became a teacher and professor of voice, a choirmaster and a good singer. He traveled extensively, living in Marcellus, NY, Vicksburg, MS, Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Burr Oak and Findley, MI. He compiled and published several song books: “New Pearls of Song” (1877), “Notes of Praise” (1890), “Crown of gold” (1892), “Always welcome” (1881), “Songs of love and praise #5” (1898), “Notes of praise”, and “Brightest glory”. He never married. John Perry