Forward move, O church of God

Forward move, O church of God

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

A min­is­ter’s son, Hoffman at­tend­ed Un­ion Sem­in­ary in New Ber­lin, Penn­syl­van­ia, and was or­dained in 1868. Af­ter­ward, he worked with the Evan­gel­ic­al As­so­ci­a­tion’s pub­lish­ing arm in Cleve­land, Ohio for 11 years. He pas­tored in Cleve­land and Graft­on, Ohio, in the 1880s; at the First Presby­ter­i­an Church in Ben­ton Har­bor, Mich­i­gan, around the turn of the cen­tu­ry; and in Ca­bery, Ill­i­nois (1911-1922). In his life­time, he wrote over 2,000 Gos­pel songs. The 50 song books he edit­ed in­clude: •The Evergreen, 1873 •Spiritual Songs for Gos­pel Meet­ings and the Sun­day School, 1878 •Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Hope Pub­lish­ing… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Forward move, O church of God
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line: Your Captain robed in grace and beauty

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Instances

Instances (11)TextImageAudioScore
Best Hymns No. 2 #d27
Best Hymns No. 3: for services of song in Christian work #136Image
Celestial Showers No. 1, a collection of gospel songs used in Rev. I. Toliver's Meetings #138Image
Favorite Gospel Songs #d43
Favorite Gospel Songs. New ed. #d45
New Harvest Bells : For Sunday Schools, Revivals, and all Religious Meetings #8Image
Peerless Hymns #d44
Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d27
Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d20
Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d58
Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d71