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Draw me closer, Lord, to thee, fold me

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Song-Land Messenger No.2

[Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Anthony Johnson Showalter Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55665 45112 32255 Used With Text: Draw Me Closer, Lord, To Thee

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Draw me closer, Lord, to thee, fold me

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Bright Beams #d15 (1898) Hymnal Title: Bright Beams Languages: English

Draw me closer, Lord, to thee, fold me

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger No.2 #d46 (1898) Hymnal Title: Song-Land Messenger No.2

Draw Me Closer, Lord, To Thee

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9895 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Lyrics: 1 Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee, Fold me in Thy love’s embrace, And unto my soul reveal All the riches of Thy grace. Refrain: Draw me closer, closer, closer, Closer, Lord, to Thee; Ever purer, purer, purer Then my soul shall be. 2 Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee; In Thy arms Thy child enfold, And this earthly heart of mine Into Thine own image mold. [Refrain] 3 Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee, In communion rich and sweet, Till my soul shall be refined, And in Thee be made complete. [Refrain] 4 Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee, For my longing soul aspires To discover in Thyself All it yearns for and desires. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Draw Me Closer, Lord, To Thee" 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 ============ 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) ==============

A. J. Showalter

1858 - 1924 Person Name: Anthony Johnson Showalter Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Composer of "[Draw me closer, Lord, to Thee]" in The Cyber Hymnal Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did. John Perry