One look at the Christ of Calvary

One look at the Christ of Calvary

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
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 >

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First Line: One look at the Christ of Calvary
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line: O wondrous cross of Calvary
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Bells of Heaven #d301

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d110

The Revival Harp No. 2 #d70

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d81

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d187

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d247

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