Can the Lord Depend On You?

May the dear Lord Jesus count on you, my friend

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [May the dear Lord Jesus count on you, my friend]
Published in 6 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: May the dear Lord Jesus count on you, my friend
Title: Can the Lord Depend On You?
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Can the dear Lord, Jesus well depend on you
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Bells of Heaven #d229

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d83

Songs of the Savior's Love #d130

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Sweet Harmonies #70

The Heavenly Echoes #d52

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d60

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