Elisha A. Hoffman was an American Presbyterian minister and a famous hymn writer, born in 1839 in Pennsylvania. He grew up in a musical family, singing hymns at home and in church, which inspired his ...

William Buel Stevens (W. B. Stevens) was a Missouri-born minister and hymn writer active in the early 1900s. He traveled widely as a tent evangelist, sharing his music and faith across rural America.

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