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Author: E. A. Hoffman Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 347 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: I must tell Jesus all of my trials Refrain First Line: I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus Lyrics: 1 I must tell Jesus all of my trials; I cannot bear these burdens alone; In my distress He kindly will help me; He ever loves and cares for His own. Refrain: I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus! I cannot bear my burdens alone; I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus! Jesus can help me, Jesus alone. 2 I must tell Jesus all of my troubles; He is a kind, compassionate friend; If I but ask Him, He will deliver, Make of my troubles quickly an end. [Refrain] 3 Tempted and tried, I need a great Savior, One who can help my burdens to bear; I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus; He all my cares and sorrows will share. [Refrain] 4 O how the world to evil allures me! O how my heart is tempted to sin! I must tell Jesus, and He will help me Over the world the vict'ry to win. [Refrain] Baptist Hymnal, 1991 Topics: Intercession; Prayer Hymns about; liturgical Confession Songs

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Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 223 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1839-1929 Hymnal Title: The Covenant Hymnal Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 12355 12321 12355 Used With Text: I Must Tell Jesus

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I must tell Jesus all of my trials

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: A Messenger for Jesus #d118 (1913) Hymnal Title: A Messenger for Jesus Languages: English

I Must Tell Jesus

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: A. M. E. C. Hymnal #511 (1954) Hymnal Title: A. M. E. C. Hymnal First Line: I must tell Jesus all of my trials Refrain First Line: I must tell Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [I must tell Jesus all of my trials]

I must tell Jesus all of my trials

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Abiding Songs #d54 (1936) Hymnal Title: Abiding Songs Languages: English

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal Title: The Worshiping Church Author of "I Must Tell Jesus" in The Worshiping Church 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 ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============