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[We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 34554 55566 66667 Used With Text: We Will Pray

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: We will pray, we will pray Used With Tune: [We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day]

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We Will Pray

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: The Jewelled Crown #94 (1891) First Line: We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: We will pray, we will pray Topics: Devotional Languages: English Tune Title: [We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day]

We Will Pray

Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Gleanings of Sacred Song #135 (1892) First Line: We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day Refrain First Line: We will pray, we will pray Languages: English Tune Title: [We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "We Will Pray" in Gleanings of Sacred Song 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) ==============

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[We will pray, we will pray at the dawning of the day]" in Gleanings of Sacred Song John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch