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[Back to the cold world I will not go] (Hoffman)

[Back to the cold world I will not go] (Hoffman)

Composer: Elisha A. Hoffman
Published in 9 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: 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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Tune Information

Title: [Back to the cold world I will not go] (Hoffman)
Composer: Elisha A. Hoffman
Incipit: 32132 13324 32432
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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Favorites Number 3 #83

Favorites Number 3 #83
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Hymns for His Praise #54

Hymns for His Praise #54

Lillenas' Solos and Duets (number one) #116

Lillenas' Solos and Duets (number one) #116
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Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 #162

Pentecostal Hymns No. 2 #162
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Songs for the King's Business #260

Songs for the King's Business #260
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Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #128

Songs of Redemption and Praise. Rev. #128
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Spiritual Songs and Hymns #727

Spiritual Songs and Hymns #727
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The Highway and the Way, or Burning Bush Songs No. 3 #14

The Highway and the Way, or Burning Bush Songs No. 3 #14
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The Revival No. 3 #179

The Revival No. 3 #179
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