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I Wonder, Often Wonder

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I wonder, often wonder, Just how it came to be Refrain First Line: Forever at His feet I'll sit

[I wonder, often wonder]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Edwin Pollock, b. 1853 Incipit: 34534 65354 32433 Used With Text: I Wonder, Often Wonder

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Author: Elisha Hoffman, 1839-1929 Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #347 (1972) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Refrain First Line: Forever at his feet I'll sit Lyrics: 1 I wonder, often wonder, Just how it came to be That there is up in heaven, A mansion fair for me; And then do I remember That the dear Son of God Once shed for rebel sinners His own atoning blood. Refrain: Forever at his feet I'll sit, And wonder at the grace So large and free it found for me In heav'n a dwelling-place. 2 I wonder, often wonder, Just why his tender love Brought down the dear Redeemer From his bright home above; And then do I remember That on the shameful tree The Saviour made atonement For tender love of me. [Refrain] 3 I wonder, often wonder, That he can bear with me, Enduring all my follies, And yet so gracious be; And then do I remember His grace is rich and free, And that he is so patient Because he so loves me. [Refrain] Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Christian Evidences Gratitude, Remembrance Scripture: Isaiah 26:8 Languages: English Tune Title: I WONDER

I Wonder, Often Wonder

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1839-1929 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #30 (1959) Refrain First Line: Forever at His feet I'll sit Languages: English Tune Title: [I wonder, often wonder]

I Wonder

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #346 (1902) First Line: I wonder, often wonder Refrain First Line: Forever at His feet I'll sit Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 Languages: English Tune Title: [I wonder, often wonder]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha Hoffman, 1839-1929 Author of "I Wonder, Often Wonder" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 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: Charles Edward Pollock (b. 1853) Composer of "I WONDER" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 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).