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[In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Incipit: 54565 13216 56567 Used With Text: Living to Shine for Jesus

Author: E. A. H. Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears Refrain First Line: We are the children of the Prince of Peace Used With Tune: [In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears]

We Will Scatter Sunshine

Author: E. A. H. Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: We will scatter sunshine ev'rywhere we go Refrain First Line: We are the children of the Prince of Peace Used With Tune: [We will scatter sunshine ev'rywhere we go]

Ein Licht für Jesum

Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: In der Welt, wo Thränen Refrain First Line: Wir sind die Kinder jenes Friedensherrn Used With Tune: [In der Welt, wo Thränen]

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We Will Scatter Sunshine

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 #70 (1898) First Line: We will scatter sunshine ev'rywhere we go Refrain First Line: We are the children of the Prince of Peace Languages: English Tune Title: [We will scatter sunshine ev'rywhere we go]

Trying to Shine for Jesus

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Songs of the Peacemaker #110 (1895) First Line: In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears Refrain First Line: We are the children of the Prince of Peace Languages: English Tune Title: [In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears]

Living to Shine for Jesus

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 #255 (1897) First Line: In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears Refrain First Line: We are the children of the Prince of Peace Languages: English Tune Title: [In a world of sorrow, in a world of tears]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: E. A. H. Author of "Living to Shine for Jesus" in Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 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) ==============