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Jesus, Love Me Still

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: O what utter weakness fills this soul of mine Refrain First Line: O what tender mercy, O what wondrous love

[Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 55565 13116 54444 Used With Text: Jesus, Love Me Still

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Author: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Hymnal: Joyful Sound #65 (1889) First Line: Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine Refrain First Line: O what tender mercy, O what wondrous love Lyrics: 1 Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine! How my frequent stumblings wound thy heart divine! Count me not unworthy, Jesus, keep me thine; Jesus, love me still. Refrain: Oh, what tender mercy! oh, what wondrous love! Oh, what rich compassion hails me from above; How can I but love thee, and thy grace adore! Oh, to love thee more! 2 Many are the failures in my life I see; Many are the frailties clinging unto me; Yet, O precious Saviour, smile complacently, Love and bless me still. [Refrain] 3 Pity me, dear Jesus, if I sometimes fall; I among thy servants am the least of all; Weakest of the weak ones who upon thee call; Jesus, love me still. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine]

Jesus, Love Me Still

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #48 (1878) First Line: Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine Refrain First Line: Oh, what tender mercy! oh, what wondrous love! Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine]

Jesus, Love Me Still

Author: E. A. H. Hymnal: New Spiritual Songs #48 (1887) First Line: Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine Refrain First Line: Oh, what tender mercy! oh, what wondrous love! Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Oh, what utter weakness fills this soul of mine]" in Joyful Sound John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Author of "Jesus, Love Me Still" in Joyful Sound 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 ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============