My Jesus is Able to Save

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: From danger and doubt, from sorrow and fear
Title: My Jesus is Able to Save
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: My Jesus is able to save
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Messenger for Jesus #d56

Beall's Gospel Songs with supplement entitled Favorite Hymns #d40

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Bright Beautiful Bells #35

Cumberland Hymns, a Collection of "Whosoever Will" Songs. Centenary ed. #d45

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Dortch's Gospel Voices #335

Golden Grain #d26

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Lasting Hymns No. 2 #68

Shining Light #d9

Sweet Harmonies (A New Song Book) #d37

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Union Harp and History of Songs #218

Waves of Salvation, Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #d29

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