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Author: E. A. H. Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: Is there a sinner awaiting Lyrics: 1 Is there a sinner awaiting Mercy and pardon today? Welcome the news that we bring Him, "Jesus is pass [sic] this way!" Coming in love and in mercy, Pardon and peace to bestow, Coming to save the poor sinner From His heart-anguish and woe. Chorus: Jesus is passing this way Today, today! While He is near, O believe Him, Open your heart to receive Him, For Jesus is passing this way, Is passing this way today. 2 Brother, the Master is waiting, Waiting to freely forgive; Why not this moment accept Him, Trust in His grace and live? He is so tender and precious, He is so near you today; Open your heart to receive Him, While He is passing this way. [Chorus] 3 Yes, He is coming to bless you While in contrition you bow; Coming from sin to redeem you, Ready to save you now; Can you refuse the salvation Jesus is offering here? Open your heart to admit Him, While He is coming so near. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Is there a sinner awaiting]

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[Is there a sinner awaiting]

Appears in 28 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 33333 35322 22343 Used With Text: Jesus is Passing This Way

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Jesus is Passing this way

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Best Hymns #21 (1894) First Line: Is there a sinner awaiting mercy Topics: Invitation Languages: English Tune Title: [Is there a sinner awaiting mercy]

Jesus is Passing This Way

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Crowning Glory No. 2 #162 (1890) First Line: Is there a sinner awaiting Lyrics: 1 Is there a sinner awaiting Mercy and pardon today? Welcome the news that we bring Him, "Jesus is pass [sic] this way!" Coming in love and in mercy, Pardon and peace to bestow, Coming to save the poor sinner From His heart-anguish and woe. Chorus: Jesus is passing this way Today, today! While He is near, O believe Him, Open your heart to receive Him, For Jesus is passing this way, Is passing this way today. 2 Brother, the Master is waiting, Waiting to freely forgive; Why not this moment accept Him, Trust in His grace and live? He is so tender and precious, He is so near you today; Open your heart to receive Him, While He is passing this way. [Chorus] 3 Yes, He is coming to bless you While in contrition you bow; Coming from sin to redeem you, Ready to save you now; Can you refuse the salvation Jesus is offering here? Open your heart to admit Him, While He is coming so near. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Is there a sinner awaiting]

Jesus Is Passing This Way

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12096 First Line: Is there a sinner awaiting Lyrics: 1 Is there a sinner awaiting Mercy and pardon today? Welcome the news that we bring him: "Jesus is passing this way!" Coming in love and in mercy, Pardon and peace to bestow, Coming to save the poor sinner From his heart anguish and woe. Refrain: Jesus is passing this way, Today, today; While He is near, O believe Him, Open your heart to receive Him, For Jesus is passing this way, Is passing this way today. 2 Brother, the Master is waiting, Waiting to freely forgive; Why not this moment accept Him, Trust in His grace and live? He is so tender and precious, He is so near you today; Open your heart to receive Him, While He is passing this way. [Refrain] 3 Yes, He is coming to bless you While in contrition you bow; Coming from sin to redeem you, Ready to save you now; Can you refuse the salvation Jesus is offering here? Open your heart to admit Him, While He is coming so near. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Is there a sinner awaiting]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Jesus is Passing This Way" in Songs of Faith and Hope 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) ==============

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Is there a sinner awaiting]" in Songs of Faith and Hope John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch