1856-1932
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Au­gust 18, 1856, Wil­ton, Io­wa.

Sep­tem­ber 15, 1932, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia, at the home of his son Charles Jr.

Ga­bri­el’s ash­es were in­terred at the Cha­pel of the Pines, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­forn­ia.

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Growing up on an Io­wa farm, Ga­bri­el taught him­self to play the fam­i­ly’s reed or­gan. He be­gan teach­ing in sing­ing schools by age 16, and be­came well known as a teach­er and com­pos­er. He served as mu­sic di­rect­or at Grace Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, San Fran­cis­co, Cal­i­for­nia (1890-2), then moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. In 1912 he be­gan work­ing with Hom­er Ro­de­heav­er’s pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. His ed­it­ed some 43 song books, 7 men’s chor­us books, 19 an­them col­lect­ions, and 23 can­ta­tas. His works in­clude:

  1. Abide with Me
  2. All Hail, Thou Son of Da­vid! © 1928
  3. All Things Are Rea­dy
  4. Beside Blue Gal­i­lee © 1928
  5. Calling the Pro­di­gal
  6. Cling to the Faith of Our Fa­thers © 1932
  7. Easter Bells
  8. Great Glad Day, The
  9. Growing Dear­er Each Day
  10. He Is So Pre­cious to Me
  11. Hear the Sweet Voice
  12. Hide Me, Oh, My Sav­ior!
  13. His Grace Is Suf­fi­cient for Me
  14. Hold Up the Grand Old Bi­ble
  15. I Can­not Tell How Pre­cious
  16. I Ne­ver Will Cease to Love Him
  17. I Stand Amazed in the Pre­sence
  18. I Will Not For­get Thee
  19. Jesus, Bless­èd Je­sus
  20. More Abun­dant­ly
  21. Morning Will Come © 1932
  22. Slighted Stran­ger, The
  23. O That Will Be Glo­ry
  24. Oh, It Is Won­der­ful
  25. On to the Front!
  26. Over in the Glo­ry-Land
  27. Praise His Name For­ev­er
  28. Reapers Are Need­ed
  29. Receive My Cry © 1924
  30. Rejoice! Re­joice!
  31. Safest Way, The
  32. Secret Pray­er
  33. Send the Light
  34. Some Glad Morn­ing © 1926
  35. Song of Old, The
  36. Story Ne­ver Old, The
  37. Stranger, The
  38. Sweet Is the Pro­mise
  39. There’ll Be Mu­sic in Hea­ven
  40. What a Sav­ior!
  41. What Will It Be?
  42. When I Go Home
  43. When We Get Home
  44. Where the Cross Is Lead­ing
  45. Wonderful Sto­ry, The
  1. Adowa
  2. All Hail to Thee, Im­man­u­el!
  3. Americus
  4. Are You Rea­dy for the Com­ing?
  5. Are You Win­ning Souls?
  6. Arles
  7. Aspinwall
  8. As a Vol­un­teer
  9. Avondale
  10. Awakening Chor­us
  11. Be a Gold­en Sun­beam
  12. Be Not Afraid
  13. Be with Us Still
  14. Beautiful Sun­shine
  15. Because I Love Je­sus
  16. Birdstown
  17. Blood of the Cru­ci­fied One, The
  18. Book My Mo­ther Read, The
  19. Brazoria
  20. Breath of the Spir­it, The
  21. Brighten the Cor­ner Where You Are
  22. Call of the Christ, The
  23. Calling Thee
  24. Carry Your Cross with a Smile
  25. Chios
  26. Choosing the Hill Coun­try
  27. Christ Shall Be King
  28. Comfort
  29. Coming Home to Thee
  30. Dear Lit­tle Strang­er
  31. Easter Bells Are Peal­ing
  32. Erskine
  33. Evening Pray­er, An
  34. Faith, Hope and Love
  35. Fields Are White, The
  36. Gabriel
  37. Gad
  38. Gather the Grain
  39. Get Right with God
  40. Glory to God
  41. Go Forth
  42. Go to the Deeps of God’s Pro­mise
  43. Guide Me
  44. Hanford
  45. He Prom­ised to Keep Me
  46. He Sup­pli­eth All of My Need
  47. He’ll Walk with Me All the Way
  48. Help Some­bo­dy To­day
  49. Here Am I, Send Me
  50. Higher Ground
  51. His Eye Is on the Spar­row
  52. Hoffman
  53. Hold Fast
  54. Hold Up the Grand Old Bi­ble
  55. Holy Sab­bath
  56. Hosanna! Ho­san­na!
  57. Homeward Bound
  58. I Come to Thee
  59. I Need Je­sus © 1924
  60. I’ll Be a Voice
  61. In Lov­ing-Kind­ness Je­sus Came
  62. In Thy Ho­ly Keep­ing
  63. Jesus Loves Us
  64. Jesus, Rose of Shar­on
  65. Jesus, the Help­er
  66. Joy-Bells
  67. Just a Lit­tle
  68. Just Ask Him in to Stay
  69. Kathrine
  70. Kawaiaha‘o
  71. Kiawah
  72. Kindly Light Is Lead­ing, The
  73. Knowhead
  74. Lansing
  75. Leaving All to Fol­low Je­sus
  76. Led by the Star
  77. Less of Self and More of Je­sus
  78. Let the Joy Over­flow
  79. Let the Sun­shine In
  80. Like Dews of the Morn­ing
  81. Little Sun­beams
  82. Little While to Wait, A
  83. Lord, Is It I?
  84. Love Led Him to Cal­va­ry © 1924
  85. Loyal and True
  86. Loyalty un­to Christ
  87. Lucile
  88. Make Him Known
  89. Make Some­bo­dy Hap­py Today
  90. Miami
  91. My Fa­ther Leads Me
  92. My Fa­ther Watch­es over Me
  93. My On­ly Plea
  94. Não Tar­da­rá a Vol­ta do Sen­hor
  95. Nilus
  96. Nims Lake
  97. No Other Sto­ry
  98. Nobody Like Je­sus
  99. Nova Sco­tia
  100. O Love of Christ
  101. O’er the Hills of Old Ju­dea
  102. Only in Thee
  103. Onward, Ev­er On­ward!
  104. Our Land for Christ
  105. Over All
  106. Over and Over Again
  107. Pentecostal Pow­er
  108. Power of the Ho­ly Ghost, The
  109. Pray, Pray
  110. Pressly
  111. Precious to Me
  112. Rainbow on the Cloud, A
  113. Records
  114. Reflect the Christ
  115. Sail On!
  116. Sarah
  117. Since Je­sus Came into My Heart
  118. Sing Away the Sha­dows
  119. Sing the Love of Je­sus
  120. Singing, Speak­ing, Pray­ing
  121. Sinner Made Whole, A
  122. Sinner Saved by Grace, A
  123. Some Bright Morn­ing © 1926
  124. Some Day
  125. Someone Is Look­ing to You
  126. Something to Be Done
  127. Song and the Star, The
  128. Sunlight All the Way
  129. Sunshine on the Hill
  130. Sweeten Your Deeds with Love
  131. Tacoma
  132. Take Wings to Thy Soul
  133. There Is a Lamp Whose Stea­dy Light
  134. There Is Glo­ry in My Soul
  135. There Is Shel­ter at the Cross
  136. Thy Bro­ther Calls to Thee
  137. Thy King­dom Come
  138. Under the Cross of Je­sus
  139. Up and On­ward
  140. Volunteers for Ser­vice
  141. Walking and Talk­ing with Je­sus
  142. Wave the Ban­ners
  143. Way of the Cross
  144. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers
  145. We Thank Thee, Our Fa­ther
  146. Wear a Smile for Je­sus
  147. What a Sav­ior!
  148. When I Go Home
  149. When I Look in His Face
  150. When I Shall Fall Asleep
  151. Where the Gates Swing Out­ward Ne­ver
  152. Why I Sing
  153. Will the Cir­cle Be Un­brok­en?
  154. Wonderful Christ­mas Sto­ry, The
  155. Wonderful Je­sus, The