Let Jesus in

Who is this knocking [long] at the door of my heart

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Who is this knocking long at the door of thy heart]
Published in 4 hymnals

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Who is this knocking [long] at the door of my heart
Title: Let Jesus in
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Let Him in, let Him in
Copyright: Public Domain

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Song Land Melodies #d213

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Song-Land Messenger Complete #136

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Song-Land Messenger Complete #136

Songland Melodies ... a New Song Book for Revivals #d260

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