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Jesus Has Power to Save

'Tis a message glad we bring

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: ['Tis a message glad we bring]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 ‘Tis a message glad we bring,
Jesus has pow’r to save!
His redeeming love we sing,
Jesus has pow’r to save!

Refrain:
Jesus has pow’r to save!
Jesus has pow’r to save!
O repeat the message sweet,
Jesus has pow’r to save!

2 Come, and trust His sov’reign love,
Jesus has pow’r to save!
Come, His full salvationprove,
Jesus has pow’r to save! [Refrain]

3 Come, on Jesus Christ believe,
Jesus has pow’r to save!
Trust Him and He will forgive,
Jesus has pow’r to save! [Refrain]

4 At His feet repentant bow,
Jesus has pow’r to save!
Seek His grace, and seek it now,
Jesus has pow’r to save! [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #41

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 >

Text Information

First Line: 'Tis a message glad we bring
Title: Jesus Has Power to Save
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Jesus has power to save
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #41

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 3 #87

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