This Jesus

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: Have you a burden on your soul
Title: This Jesus
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Carry your burdens to Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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Bells of Heaven #d113

Best Hymns No. 2 #d33

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Best Hymns No. 3 #74

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Favorite Gospel Songs #94

Peerless Hymns #d53

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Songs of the Evening Light #190

Songs of the Savior's Love #d60

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Sweet Harmonies #92

The Revival Harp No. 2 #d23

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