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[Would you know why I love Jesus] (Hoffman)

[Would you know why I love Jesus] (Hoffman)

Composer: Elisha A. Hoffman
Published in 24 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Elisha A. Hoffman

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… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Would you know why I love Jesus] (Hoffman)
Composer: Elisha A. Hoffman
Incipit: 55111 31311 55666
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 24 of 24)
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Burning Bush Songs No. 1 #10

New Spiritual Songs #9

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #197

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #197

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Quartette #384

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Rescue Songs #117

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Rescue Songs #117

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Sacred Trio #428

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Showers of Blessing #116

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Sing Out the Glad News #9

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Song Anchor #124

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Songs and Music #201

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Songs and Solos used by the Christian Crusaders #80

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Songs of Redemption #172

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Songs of the Sun Bright Clime #136

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Songs of Victory #342

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Songs of Victory #343

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Songs of Victory #344

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Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #9

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The Best of All #60

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The Gospel in Song #47

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The Gospel Song Sheaf #158

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The Salvation Army Music #159

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The Salvation Army Songs and Music #201

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