This is Why I Love My Jesus

Would you know why I love Jesus

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Published in 44 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 >

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First Line: Would you know why I love Jesus
Title: This is Why I Love My Jesus
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line: This is why I love my Jesus

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Instances

Instances (44)TextImageAudioScore
Band Music #64Image
Band Music #169Image
Burning Bush Songs No. 1 #d71
Carols of Praise, a choice collection of new gospel songs prepared especially for evangelistic services #36Image
English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal #d301
Glory Songs #d272
Gospel Melodies #d204
Gospel Melodies: a New Collection of Gospel Hymns and Songs #d210
Gospel Tent Hymns #d206
Gospel Voices No. 3 #d161
Heavenly Voices #d74
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d260
Hymns of Grace and Glory #d246
Pentecostal Hymns No. 3, a Winnowed Collection for Evangelistic Services #197Image
Praises #d222
Quartette: containing Songs for the Ransomed, Songs of Love Peace and Joy, Gems of Gospel Song, Salvation Echoes, with one hundred choice selections added #384Image
Rescue songs: words and music with standard selections #117Image
Sacred Echoes and Songs of My Redeemer #d32
Salvation Army Music #d313
Salvation Echoes: for Sabbath School, Gospel, Prayer and Praise Meetings #75dImage
Sing Out the Glad News #d93
Sing the Gospel #d115
Song Anchor: a Choice Collection of Favorites for Sabbath School and Praise Service #124Image
Songs and Solos used by the Christian Crusaders in their Special Soul-Saving Work: and adapted for the church, grove, school, choir, and home #80Image
Songs for Men, the Salvation Army Official Song Book #d241
Songs for Young People #74Image
Songs of Gratitude #d164
Songs of Gratitude, a Collection of New Songs for Sunday Schools and Worshiping Assemblies #5Image
Songs of Redemption #d272
Songs of Salvation as Used by Crossley and Hunter in Evangelistic Meetings: and adapted for the church, grove, school, choir and home #150Image
Songs of the Sun Bright Clime: a collection of choice music and poetry, for Sabbath schools and gospel meetings #136Image
Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d167
Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d170
Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #9Image
The Best of All: complete #60Image
The Gospel in Song, combining Sing the Gospel, Echoes of Eden, and Other Selected Songs and Solos #47Image
The Gospel Song Sheaf: for Sunday schools and young peoples meetings, comprising primary songs, intermediate songs, gospel and special songs, and old hymns and tunes #158Image
The Heavenly Echoes #d115
The Revival No. 2: suitable for all kinds of religious meetings #57Image
The Sacred Trio: comprising Redemption Songs, Showers of Blessing, The Joyful Sound (Word ed.) #428Image
The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d970
Triumphant Songs No.4 a collection of gospel songs for sunday-schools, revivals, hymns of prayer and praise for devotional meetings #138Image
Triumphant Songs No. 5: a collection of gospel hymns for Sunday-schools and revivals, hymns of prayer and praise for devotional meetings, etc. etc. #38Image
V.B.S. Songster Special #d36