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Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 12 hymnals Hymnal Title: Joy to the World First Line: Try to save one soul for Jesus Refrain First Line: He is calling now in tenderness Used With Tune: [Try to save one soul for Jesus]

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[Try to save one soul for Jesus]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charlie D. Tillman Hymnal Title: His Praise Incipit: 12334 34653 35254 Used With Text: Save One Soul for Jesus

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Save One Soul for Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Full Redemption Songs #32 (1933) Hymnal Title: Full Redemption Songs First Line: Try to save one soul for Jesus Refrain First Line: He is calling now in tenderness Lyrics: 1 Try to save one soul for Jesus, Some poor soul by sin defiled; Bring him to the loving Savior, He will own him as His child. Refrain: He is calling now in tenderness, Standing ready, waiting to forgive; He will welcome all who come to Him, He the sinner will receive. 2 Try to bring one soul to Jesus, From the weary paths of sin; All will have a hearty welcome Who a batter life begin. [Refrain] 3 Try to lead one soul to Jesus, To the fount of life and light; He can cleanse from all defilement, Make the sin-stained pure and white. [Refrain] 4 Try to do some work for Jesus, Try some precious soul to win; Some poor wand’rer in the darkness, Waits for thee to bring him in. [Refrain] Topics: Forgiveness; Personal Work; Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Try to save one soul for Jesus]

Save One Soul for Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: His Praise #99 (1916) Hymnal Title: His Praise First Line: Try to save one soul for Jesus Refrain First Line: He is calling now in tenderness Languages: English Tune Title: [Try to save one soul for Jesus]

Save One Soul for Jesus

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Joy to the World #28 (1915) Hymnal Title: Joy to the World First Line: Try to save one soul for Jesus Refrain First Line: He is calling now in tenderness Languages: English Tune Title: [Try to save one soul for Jesus]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal Title: Full Redemption Songs Author of "Save One Soul for Jesus" in Full Redemption Songs 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) ==============

Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Hymnal Title: Full Redemption Songs Composer of "[Try to save one soul for Jesus]" in Full Redemption Songs Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives