What Would You Say?

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: Should you be summoned to stand at God's bar
Title: What Would You Say?
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: What would you do, what would you say
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Crowning Carols #d114

Gleanings of Praise #d167

Page Scan

Song Praises #11

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us