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[Would you know why I love Jesus]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 34517 65312 35251 Used With Text: Why I Love Jesus

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Appears in 65 hymnals First Line: Would you know why I love Jesus? Refrain First Line: This is why, yes, why I love Him Lyrics: 1 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because my blessèd Savior From my sins hath set me free. Refrain: This is why, yes, why I love Him, This is why I love Him so; He has pardoned my transgressions, He has washed me white as snow. 2 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because the blood of Jesus Fully saves and cleanses me. [Refrain] 3 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because, amid temptation, He supports and strengthens me. [Refrain] 4 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because, in every conflict, Jesus gives me victory. [Refrain] 5 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because my friend and Savior He will ever, ever be. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Would you know why I love Jesus] Text Sources: Songs of Gratitude by James H. Fillmore (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1887

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Why I Love Jesus

Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.4 #138 (1894) First Line: Would you know why I love Jesus Refrain First Line: This is why, yes, why I love Him Lyrics: 1 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ‘Tis because my blessed Savior From my sins hath set me free. Refrain: This is why, yes, why I love Him, This is why I love Him so; He has pardoned my transgressions, He has washed me white as snow. 2 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ‘Tis because the blood of Jesus Fully saves and cleanses me. [Refrain] 3 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ‘Tis because, amid temptation, He supports and strengthens me. [Refrain] 4 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ‘Tis because, in every conflict, Jesus gives me victory. [Refrain] 5 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ‘Tis because my Friend and Savior He will ever, ever be. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Would you know why I love Jesus]

Why I Love Jesus

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10814 First Line: Would you know why I love Jesus? Refrain First Line: This is why, yes, why I love Him Lyrics: 1 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because my blessèd Savior From my sins hath set me free. Refrain: This is why, yes, why I love Him, This is why I love Him so; He has pardoned my transgressions, He has washed me white as snow. 2 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because the blood of Jesus Fully saves and cleanses me. [Refrain] 3 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because, amid temptation, He supports and strengthens me. [Refrain] 4 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because, in every conflict, Jesus gives me victory. [Refrain] 5 Would you know why I love Jesus? Why He is so dear to me? ’Tis because my friend and Savior He will ever, ever be. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Would you know why I love Jesus]

Why I Love Jesus

Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.5 #38 (1896) First Line: Would you know why I love Jesus Refrain First Line: This is why, yes, why I love Him Tune Title: [Would you know why I love Jesus]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha Albright Hoffman Author of "Why I Love Jesus" in The Cyber Hymnal 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) ==============

E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Would you know why I love Jesus]" in Triumphant Songs No.4 Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry