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We Sail Across the Sea of Life

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light Refrain First Line: Then have good courage, faithful soul Topics: Heaven; Praise Used With Tune: [We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light]

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[We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light]

Appears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira O. Hoffman Incipit: 35553 11176 12165 Used With Text: We Sail Across the Sea of Life

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We Sail Across the Sea of Life

Author: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Hymnal: Best Hymns No. 3 #172 (1903) First Line: We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light Refrain First Line: Then have good courage, faithful soul Topics: Heaven; Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light]

Then have good courage, faithful

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman; Elisha Albright Hoffman Hymnal: Peerless Hymns #d230 (1899) First Line: We sail across the sea of life Languages: English

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman Author of "We Sail Across the Sea of Life" in Best Hymns No. 3 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) ==============

Ira O. Hoffman

1867 - 1943 Arranger of "[We sail across the sea of life to yonder realms of light]" in Best Hymns No. 3 Born: Circa 1867, Pennsylvania. Died: May 4, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio. Ira’s father was song writer Elisha Hoffman. His middle name was his mother’s maiden name. At age nine, he is said to have written the music for his father’s song "The Little Pilgrim;" as an adult, he was a composer, arranger, and music editor. His works include: Favorite Gospel Songs: A Tune Boo (music editor) (Jersey City, New Jersey: J. N. Davis, 1894) --www.hymntime.com/tch
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