Come to the Savior

Author: E. 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: Jesus is calling, calling for thee
Title: Come to the Savior
Author: E. A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Come to the Savior, no longer delay
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Chord #d58

Eureka Carols #d38

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Glowing Songs #90a

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Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory #130

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Pentecostal Praises #210

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d153

Singing for Joy #d119

Songland Melodies ... a New Song Book for Revivals #d47

The Chord #d59

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The Revival No. 2 #90b

The Search Light #67

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