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What a Wonderful Savior

I came to Jesus with my sin, what a wonderful Savior

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [I came to Jesus with my sin] (Hoffman)
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I came to Jesus with my sin,
What a wonderful Savior.
My heart he kindly entered in,
What a wonderful Savior!

Refrain:
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus!
What a Savior! what a Savior!
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus!
He saves me now!

2 Tho’ all defiled and vile within
What a wonderful Savior.
Tho’ full of evil and unclean,
What a wonderful Savior! [Refrain]

3 Rejoicing now each day I am;
What a wonderful Savior.
And singing “Glory to the Lamb!”
What a wonderful Savior! [Refrain]

4 My soul is fill’d with perfect peace
What a wonderful Savior.
And finds in him its happiness,
What a wonderful Savior! [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.2 #56

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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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Text Information

First Line: I came to Jesus with my sin, what a wonderful Savior
Title: What a Wonderful Savior
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: What a wonderful Savior is Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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International Praise #97

International Praise #97
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Revival Songs No. 2 #31

Revival Songs No. 2 #31
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Triumphant Songs No.2 #56

Triumphant Songs No.2 #56
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Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #271

Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #271
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