The Cleansing Fountain

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: The blood that flowed from Calvary
Title: The Cleansing Fountain
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: This fountain cleanses from all sin
Copyright: Public Domain

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Favorite Gospel Songs #155

Favorite Gospel Songs. New ed. #d156

New Spiritual Songs #79

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Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #79

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The Highway Hymnal (Revised edition) #235

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The Highway Hymnal #235

The Zion Songster No. 2 #19

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The Zion Songster Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #Z19

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