Jesus Saves

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

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… Go to person page >

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First Line: Flash the news over land and ocean
Title: Jesus Saves
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Jesus saves
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Voices No.3 #d60

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Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 #294

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d26

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d19

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d57

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d70

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