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.
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Display Title: The Roll Call in HeavenFirst Line: When the roll is called in heavenTune Title: [When the roll is called in heaven]Author: Rev. E. A. HoffmanDate: 1904
Display Title: Angels call the roll up yonderFirst Line: When the roll is called in heavenTune Title: [When the roll is called in heaven] (51233)Date: 1900
Display Title: Angels call the roll up yonderFirst Line: When the roll is called in heaven and the host shall muster thereAuthor: Jennie HappyDate: 1953
Display Title: Call the RollFirst Line: When the roll is called in heavenTune Title: [When the roll is called in heaven]Author: Rev. E. A. HoffmanDate: 1889