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O What a Savior is Jesus to Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 6 hymnals Refrain First Line: O what a tender, compassionate Friend Lyrics: 1 O what a Savior is Jesus to me, Loving and true, loving and true; Daily renewing His grace unto me While His commandments I do! Refrain: O what a tender, compassionate Friend I’ve found Him to be, I’ve found Him to be! O what a wonderful, wonderful Savior Is Jesus my Lord to me! 2 Never a moment that He is not near, Grace to bestow, grace to bestow; Ready to comfort and ready to cheer As on my journey I go. [Refrain] 3 Is there another so loving a Friend, Gracious and kind, gracious and kind; Evermore ready his own to defend, And so to bless me inclined? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O what a Savior is Jesus to me]
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[O what a Savior is Jesus to me]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Howard E. Smith Incipit: 55511 17777 66667 Used With Text: O What a Savior is Jesus to Me
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O What a Savior is Jesus to Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Hymns of the Comforter #87 (1938) Refrain First Line: O what a tender, compassionate Friend Lyrics: 1 O what a Savior is Jesus to me, Loving and true, loving and true; Daily renewing His grace unto me While His commandments I do! Refrain: O what a tender, compassionate Friend I’ve found Him to be, I’ve found Him to be! O what a wonderful, wonderful Savior Is Jesus my Lord to me! 2 Never a moment that He is not near, Grace to bestow, grace to bestow; Ready to comfort and ready to cheer As on my journey I go. [Refrain] 3 Is there another so loving a Friend, Gracious and kind, gracious and kind; Evermore ready his own to defend, And so to bless me inclined? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O what a Savior is Jesus to me]
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O What a Savior is Jesus to Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Hymns of His Grace #99 (1907) Refrain First Line: O what a tender, compassionate Friend I've found Him to be Languages: English Tune Title: [O what a Savior is Jesus to me]
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O What a Savior is Jesus to Me

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: New Songs of the Old Faith #172 (1927) Refrain First Line: O what a tender, compassionate Friend I've found Him to be Languages: English Tune Title: [O what a Savior is Jesus to me]
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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "O What a Savior is Jesus to Me" in Hymns of the Comforter 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) ==============
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Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Composer of "[O what a Savior is Jesus to me]" in Hymns of the Comforter
Howard E. Smith
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