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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: How kind is the heart of the Saviour! Refrain First Line: Dear Saviour, dear Saviour Used With Tune: [How kind is the heart of the Saviour!]

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[How kind is the heart of the Saviour!]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. M. McIntosh Incipit: 34555 12161 76565 Used With Text: The Wonderful Saviour

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The Wonderful Savior

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Zion's Delight #194 (1902) First Line: How kind is the heart of the Saviour! Refrain First Line: Dear Saviour, dear Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [How kind is the heart of the Saviour!]

Wonderful Savior

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Living Songs for the Sunday School, the Epworth League, Prayer Meetings, Revivals #d55 (1892) First Line: How kind is the heart of the Savior Refrain First Line: Dear Savior, dear Savior, a blessing I crave Languages: English

Wonderful Savior

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Living Songs for the Sunday School, the Epworth League, Prayer Meetings, Revivals ... #d55 (1897) First Line: How kind is the heart of the Savior Refrain First Line: Dear Savior, dear Savior, a blessing I crave Languages: English

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "The Wonderful Savior" in Zion's Delight 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) ==============

R. M. McIntosh

1836 - 1889 Composer of "[How kind is the heart of the Saviour!]" in Zion's Delight Used Pseudonym: Robert M. McIntosh ========== Rigdon (Robert) McCoy McIntosh USA 1836-1899 Born at Maury County, TN, into a farming family, he attended Jackson College in Columbia, TN, graduating in 1854. He studied music under Asa Everett in Richmond, VA, and became a traveling singing school teacher. He also served briefly in the Civil War. He wrote several hymns during this period of his life. In 1860 he married Sarah McGlasson, and they had a daughter, Loulie Everett. In 1875 he was appointed head of the Vanderbilt University Music Department in Nashville, TN. In 1877 he joined the faculty of Emory College, Oxford, GA. In 1895 he left Emory College to devote his time to the R M McIntosh Publishing Company. He also served as music editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Publishing House for over 30 years. His song book publications include: “Good news” (1876), “Light & life” (1881), “Prayer & praise” (1883), “New life” (1879), “New life #2” (1886), and “Songs of service” (1896). He died in Atlanta, GA. John Perry