Ready When the King Comes in

Brother, cleanse the temple of your soul from sin

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Brother, cleanse the temple of your soul from sin]
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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 >

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First Line: Brother, cleanse the temple of your soul from sin
Title: Ready When the King Comes in
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Are you ready
Copyright: Public Domain

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