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[Tho' far I have stray'd from the fold of the Lord]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benj. F. Nysewander Incipit: 12333 32156 65322 Used With Text: Wonderful Love

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord Refrain First Line: Wonderful love! flowing so free! Used With Tune: [Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord]

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Mercy Is Free

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12474 First Line: Tho’ far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord Refrain First Line: Wonderful love—flowing so free! Lyrics: 1 Tho’ far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord, Tho’ oft I have slighted His Spirit and Word, Yet humbled, repentant, to Jesus I flee, Knowing that His wondrous grace Can save even me. Refrain: Wonderful love—flowing so free! There is grace and mercy for a sinner like me. 2 Tho’ deeply my soul is polluted by sin, Tho’ I am depraved and unholy within, Yet trusting for mercy I come, Lord, to Thee, Knowing that Thy blood has power To save even me. [Refrain] 3 O Lord! I am weakest of all that may come, But yet in Thy bosom of love there is room; I know Thou wilt welcome a sinner like me, Thou hast fully purchased peace And pardon for me. [Refrain] 4 Receive me, my Savior, and save me from sin; Remove all the guilt and defilement within; I’m trusting alone for salvation in Thee, Let Thy tender mercy fall This moment on me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho’ far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord]

Mercy Is Free

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Songs of the Sun Bright Clime #62 (1881) First Line: Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord Refrain First Line: Wonderful love—flowing so free! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord]

Mercy Is Free

Author: E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Sunday School Songs #23 (1880) First Line: Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord Refrain First Line: Wonderful love—flowing so free! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' far I have strayed from the fold of the Lord]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha Albright Hoffman Author of "Mercy Is Free" in The Cyber Hymnal 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) ==============