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Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Tell me all about Jesus, Who came from heav’n above; Tell me more of His goodness, More of His precious love. Refrain: Tell me all about Jesus, Tell me that I may know The story of the Saviour, Who loves, who loves me so. 2 Tell me all about Jesus, The Lamb of Calvary; Tell me more of His mercy, More of His grace to me. [Refrain] 3 Tell me all about Jesus, Who daily cares for me; Tell me why He should love me, Why He should die for me. [Refrain] 4 Tell me all about Jesus, Repeat the story o’er; Never shall I grow weary Hearing it more and more. [Refrain] Scripture: Mark 5:19 Used With Tune: [Tell me all about Jesus]

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[Tell me all about Jesus]

Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 33321 16122 21233 Used With Text: Tell Me All About Jesus

[Tell me all about Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Garrison Incipit: 32113 65312 21233 Used With Text: Tell Me All About Jesus

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Tell Me All About Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Crowning Day No. 2 #183 (1896) Lyrics: 1 Tell me all about Jesus, Who came from heav’n above; Tell me more of His goodness, More of His precious love. Refrain: Tell me all about Jesus, Tell me that I may know The story of the Saviour, Who loves, who loves me so. 2 Tell me all about Jesus, The Lamb of Calvary; Tell me more of His mercy, More of His grace to me. [Refrain] 3 Tell me all about Jesus, Who daily cares for me; Tell me why He should love me, Why He should die for me. [Refrain] 4 Tell me all about Jesus, Repeat the story o’er; Never shall I grow weary Hearing it more and more. [Refrain] Scripture: Mark 5:19 Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell me all about Jesus]

Tell Me All About Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Buds and Blossoms for the Little Ones #5 (1889) Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell me all about Jesus]

Tell Me All About Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Grace and Glory #8 (1882) Languages: English Tune Title: [Tell me all about Jesus]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "Tell Me All About Jesus" in Crowning Day No. 2 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: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[Tell me all about Jesus]" in Crowning Day No. 2 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).