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Dulce Comunión

Representative Text

1 Dulce comunión la que gozo ya
en los brazos de mi Salvador;
¡Qué gran bendición en su paz me da!
¡Oh! yo siento en mí su tierno amor.

Estribillo:
Libre, salvo del pecado y del temor;
libre, salvo, en los brazos de mi Salvador.

2 ¡Cuán dulce es vivir, cuán dulce es gozar!
en los brazos de mi Salvador;
allí quiero ir y con Él morar
siendo objeto de su tierno amor. [Estribillo]

3 No hay que temer, ni que desconfiar,
en los brazos de mi Salvador;
por su gran poder Él me guardará
de los lazos del engañador. [Estribillo]

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #347

Author: E. 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 >

Translator: Pedro Grado

Pedro Grado Valdés studied law, but then wanted to become a pastor. He had a heart for helping the poor. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Dulce comunión la que gozo ya
Title: Dulce Comunión
English Title: What a fellowship, what a joy divine
Translator: Pedro Grado
Author: E. A. Hoffman
Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Libre, Salvo De cuidados y temor
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #13675
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Instances

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Cáliz de Bendiciones #244

Cantos del Camino #233

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Celebremos Su Gloria #387

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El Himnario #347

El Himnario Bautista de la Gracia #347

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El Himnario Presbiteriano #347

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Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #374

Himnario Evangelico Presbiteriano #42

Mil Voces para Celebrar #244

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The Cyber Hymnal #13675

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