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[Are you walking in sin and in darkness?]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John McPherson Incipit: 54333 54354 23444

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Are you walking in sin and in darkness? Refrain First Line: Let the sunlight of heav'n shine in Lyrics: 1 Are you walking in sin and in darkness? Is your heart shadowed o’er as the night? Throw its portals wide open t’ward heaven And its shining and beautiful light. Refrain: Let the sunlight of heav’n shine in, Let the sunlight of heav’n shine in; It will gladden and cheer, fruits of love will appear, Let the beautiful sunlight shine in. 2 You are living too far from the Saviour, And your life loses half its delight; You must live your life nearer t heaven, And its shining and beautiful light. [Refrain] 3 Only souls that are free from defilement, And in Jesus renewed and made white, Walk beneath the pavilion of heaven, In its shining and beautiful light. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Are you walking in sin and in darkness?]

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Let in the Sunlight

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Crowning Day, No. 6 #209 (1904) First Line: Are you walking in sin and in darkness? Refrain First Line: Let the sunlight of heav'n shine in Lyrics: 1 Are you walking in sin and in darkness? Is your heart shadowed o’er as the night? Throw its portals wide open t’ward heaven And its shining and beautiful light. Refrain: Let the sunlight of heav’n shine in, Let the sunlight of heav’n shine in; It will gladden and cheer, fruits of love will appear, Let the beautiful sunlight shine in. 2 You are living too far from the Saviour, And your life loses half its delight; You must live your life nearer t heaven, And its shining and beautiful light. [Refrain] 3 Only souls that are free from defilement, And in Jesus renewed and made white, Walk beneath the pavilion of heaven, In its shining and beautiful light. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you walking in sin and in darkness?]

Let in the Sunlight

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Harp of Zion #2 (1905) First Line: Are you walking in sin and in darkness? Refrain First Line: Let the sunlight of heav'n shine in Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you walking in sin and in darkness?]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "Let in the Sunlight" in Crowning Day, No. 6 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) ==============