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Open the Wells of Salvation
Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Numbers 21:17 First Line: Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing Refrain First Line: Open the wells of grace and salvation Used With Tune: [Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing]
Open the Wells of Salvation
My Anchor Holds
Author: W. C. Martin Appears in 123 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 6:19 First Line: Though the angry surges roll Refrain First Line: And it holds, my anchor holds Used With Tune: [Though the angry surges roll]
My Anchor Holds
[Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing]
Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Scripture: Numbers 21:17 Incipit: 51231 21651 17122 Used With Text: Open the Wells of Salvation
[Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing]
[Though the angry surges roll]
Appears in 91 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Scripture: Hebrews 6:19 Incipit: 55153 45556 66655 Used With Text: My Anchor Holds
[Though the angry surges roll]
Open the Wells of Salvation
Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: SR1953 #109 (1953) Scripture: Numbers 21:17 First Line: Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing Refrain First Line: Open the wells of grace and salvation Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing]
Open the Wells of Salvation
My Anchor Holds
Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: SR1953 #54 (1953) Scripture: Hebrews 6:19 First Line: Though the angry surges roll Refrain First Line: And it holds, my anchor holds Languages: English Tune Title: [Though the angry surges roll]
My Anchor Holds
E. A. Hoffman
1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Scripture: Numbers 21:17 Hymnal Number: 109 Author of "Open the Wells of Salvation" in Singing Revival 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
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Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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E. A. Hoffman
Charles Edward Pollock
1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Scripture: Numbers 21:17 Hymnal Number: 109 Composer of "[Lord, I am fondly, earnestly longing]" in Singing Revival Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS.
John Perry
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Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following:
1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock)
1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen
1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty)
1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits
--Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives
Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).
Charles Edward Pollock
William C. Martin
1864 - 1914 Person Name: W. C. Martin Scripture: Hebrews 6:19 Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "My Anchor Holds" in Singing Revival Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL.
John Perry
William C. Martin
