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[Is your soul with sin distressed?]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. B. Holsinger Incipit: 56531 23234 21355 Used With Text: Jesus Is a Friend Indeed

Jesus Is a Friend Indeed

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Is your soul with sin distressed? Used With Tune: [Is your soul with sin distressed?]

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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Union Harp and History of Songs #157 (1909) First Line: Is your soul with sin distressed? Refrain First Line: Jesus is a friend indeed Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your soul with sin distressed?]

Jesus Is a Friend Indeed

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Good Tidings #A43 (1885) First Line: Is your soul with sin distressed? Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your soul with sin distressed?]

Jesus Is a Friend Indeed

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gospel Chimes #54 (1889) First Line: Is your soul with sin distressed? Languages: English Tune Title: [Is your soul with sin distressed?]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Jesus Is a Friend Indeed" in Good Tidings 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) ==============

George B. Holsinger

1857 - 1908 Person Name: Geo. B. Holsinger Composer of "[Is your soul with sin distressed?]" in Good Tidings Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Died: November 22, 1908, Astoria, Illinois. Holsinger was music director of Bridgewater College, Virginia (1882-98), and music editor for the Church of the Brethren (1898-1908). His works include: Song Praises (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (associate editor) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart Today in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the Kingdom of Heaven Our Country’s Needs Are Pleading Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS --hymntime.com/tch