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[We are only little givers]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 12334 65331 22123 Used With Text: Little Givers

Author: Mrs. R. A. Currier Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We are only little givers Lyrics: 1 We are only little givers, And our gifts we pray you take, For our God will bless a penny When it’s giv’n for Jesus’ sake. 2 We are only little givers, But we’ll try to do our part; For our God will bless the little, If it’s given from the heart. 3 We are only little givers, But we’ll each one do our part; May God grant that with our giving, We may give a loving heart. Used With Tune: [We are only little givers]

Take My Hand

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: With my hand in that of Jesus Refrain First Line: Take my hand, O blessed Jesus! Used With Tune: [With my hand in that of Jesus]

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Take My Hand

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Welcome Songs #75 (1894) First Line: With my hand in that of Jesus Refrain First Line: Take my hand, O blessed Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [With my hand in that of Jesus]

Take My Hand

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Sabbath Songs #96 (1886) First Line: With my hand in that of Jesus Refrain First Line: Take my hand, O blessed Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [With my hand in that of Jesus]

Little Givers

Author: Mrs. R. A. Currier Hymnal: Light and Life Songs #47 (1904) First Line: We are only little givers Lyrics: 1 We are only little givers, And our gifts we pray you take, For our God will bless a penny When it’s giv’n for Jesus’ sake. 2 We are only little givers, But we’ll try to do our part; For our God will bless the little, If it’s given from the heart. 3 We are only little givers, But we’ll each one do our part; May God grant that with our giving, We may give a loving heart. Languages: English Tune Title: [We are only little givers]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Take My Hand" in Welcome Songs 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) ==============

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[We are only little givers]" in Light and Life Songs Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).