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[What a scene of wondrous glory]

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[What a scene of wondrous glory]

Composer: E. A. Hoffman
Published in 12 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: E. 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [What a scene of wondrous glory]
Composer: E. A. Hoffman
Incipit: 55171 23212 35532
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals18801882.518851887.518901892.518951897.519001902.51905050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)
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Fount of Blessing #78

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Lasting Hymns No. 2 #16

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New Life No. 2 #79

New Spiritual Songs #58

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 #101

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Songs of Salvation #188

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Songs of the Peacemaker #160

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Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #58

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Sweet Harmonies #34

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The Beacon Light #70

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Triumphant Songs No.3 #141

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Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #141

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