Late 19th Century

Mahaffey’s name is some­times shown with the ti­tle Pro­fes­sor, in­di­cat­ing he was prob­ab­ly a teach­er. From around 1877–82, he ed­ite­d and pub­lished a month­ly called The Mu­si­cal Ad­vo­cate in Al­too­na, Penn­syl­van­ia.

His works in­clude:

• Precious Jew­els, with J. H. Les­lie (New York & Alt­oo­na, Penn­syl­van­ia: C. M. Ca­dy & R. B. Ma­haf­fey, 1878)
• Progress, with J. H. Leslie (Alt­oo­na, Penn­syl­van­ia: R. B. Ma­haf­fey, 1879)
• Sabbath Ca­rols (Alt­oo­na, Penn­syl­van­ia: R. B. Ma­haf­fey, 1881)

1. Come, Ye Bless­ed, Come
2. Prodigal, The
3. Sabbath Ca­rols Tell of Jesus
4. Sabbath School We Love, The
5. Turn to God with All Your Heart

1. Brugge
2. Christ Is Born
3. Contra Cos­ta
4. Hear the Voice of Je­sus Call­ing
5. I Bring My Sins to Thee
6. Over the Roll­ing Sea
7. There’s a Friend
8. We’re Go­ing to Work for Je­sus