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Bearing the Golden Sheaves

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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Text Information

First Line: Go forth into the harvest
Title: Bearing the Golden Sheaves
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman (1895)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Bearing away the sheaves
Copyright: Public Domain
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Bells of Heaven #d106

Bells of Heaven #d106
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Bells of Heaven #106

Bells of Heaven #106
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Bright Beautiful Bells #91

Bright Beautiful Bells #91

Gospel Voices No.3 #d70

Gospel Voices No.3 #d70

Happy Voices No. 1 #d38

Happy Voices No. 1 #d38

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d31

Selections from Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry, and Other Hymns. Special ed. for Campaign Use #d31

The Heavenly Echoes #d25

The Heavenly Echoes #d25

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d22

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry #d22

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d66

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 2nd ed. #d66

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d79

Warrior Songs for the White Cavalry. 3rd ed. #d79
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