One Thing I Know

I know not why he loves me, With such a tender love

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [I know not why he loves me with such]
Published in 11 hymnals

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: I know not why he loves me, With such a tender love
Title: One Thing I Know
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

Bells of Heaven #d159

Best Hymns No. 2 #d49

Favorite Gospel Songs #52

Favorite Gospel Songs. New ed. #d74

Fountain of Praise #d35

Gospel Voices No.2 #d53

Peerless Hymns #d81

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d54

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d39

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d101

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d123

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