Faith, Folklore, and Friends

Image from Wikipedia Elisha Albright Hoffman composed more than two thousand gospel hymns.  He was a Presbyterian  who spent his life in the ministry, other than serving in the Union army during the Civil War for a brief time.  Hoffman wrote Are You Washed in the Blood , Glory to His Nam e, I Must Tell Jesus , and many other hymns that are still popular today.  In 1887, he penned one of my favorites, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms .   What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Refrain: Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms; Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day, Leaning on the everlasting arms. What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arm...