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Have Faith in God

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Trust thou in God, trust thou in God

[Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Incipit: 33315 55556 66655 Used With Text: Have Faith in God

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Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.4 #177 (1894) First Line: Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God Lyrics: 1 Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God! No evil can thy soul betide While thou art close to Jesus’ side; Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God! Along life’s road trust thou in God! 2 Have faith in God! Have faith in God! And naught can separate thy soul From His divine and safe control; Have faith in God! Have faith in God! Along life’s road have faith in God! 3 Be true to God! Be true to God! He has been good and kind to thee, And evermore thy friend will be; Be true to God! Be true to God! Along life’s road be true to God! 4 Go on in faith, in trusting faith! The heav’n where soon we hope to be Is reached by way of Calvary; Go on in faith, along life’s road; The goal is reached by trust in God. Tune Title: [Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God]

Have Faith in God

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #344 (1894) First Line: Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God Languages: English Tune Title: [Trust thou in God! Trust thou in God]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: E. A. H. Author of "Have Faith in God" in Triumphant Songs No.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) ==============