1856-1932
Compositions of Charles H. Gabriel
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 (1890-92), 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!
  3. All Things Are Rea­dy
  4. Beside Blue Gal­i­lee
  5. Calling the Pro­di­gal
  6. Cling to the Faith of Our Fa­thers
  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
  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
  30. Rejoice! Re­joice!
  31. Safest Way, The
  32. Secret Pray­er
  33. Send the Light
  34. Some Glad Morn­ing
  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. Deborah
  32. Easter Bells Are Peal­ing
  33. Erskine
  34. Evening Pray­er, An
  35. Faith, Hope and Love
  36. Fields Are White, The
  37. Gabriel
  38. Gad
  39. Gather the Grain
  40. Get Right with God
  41. Glory to God
  42. Go Forth
  43. Go to the Deeps of God’s Pro­mise
  44. Guide Me
  45. Hanford
  46. Hasten, Loy­al Mor­tals
  47. He Is Wait­ing for Your An­swer
  48. He Lead­eth Me
  49. He Pro­mised to Keep Me
  50. He Sup­pli­eth All of My Need
  51. He’ll Walk with Me All the Way
  52. Help Some­bo­dy To­day
  53. Here Am I, Send Me
  54. Higher Ground
  55. His Eye Is on the Spar­row
  56. Hoffman
  57. Hold Fast
  58. Hold Up the Grand Old Bi­ble
  59. Holy Sab­bath
  60. Hosanna! Ho­san­na!
  61. Homeward Bound
  62. I Come to Thee
  63. I Need Je­sus
  64. I’ll Be a Voice
  65. In Lov­ing-Kind­ness Je­sus Came
  66. In Thy Ho­ly Keep­ing
  67. Jesus Loves Us
  68. Jesus, Rose of Shar­on
  69. Jesus, the Help­er
  70. Joy-Bells
  71. Just a Lit­tle
  72. Just Ask Him in to Stay
  73. Kathrine
  74. Kawaiaha‘o
  75. Kiawah
  76. Kindly Light Is Lead­ing, The
  77. Knowhead
  78. Lansing
  79. Leaving All to Fol­low Je­sus
  80. Led by the Star
  81. Less of Self and More of Je­sus
  82. Let the Joy Over­flow
  83. Let the Sun­shine In
  84. Like Dews of the Morn­ing
  85. Little Hu­man Kind­ness, A
  86. Little Sun­beams
  87. Little While to Wait, A
  88. Lord, Is It I?
  89. Love Led Him to Cal­va­ry
  90. Loyal and True
  91. Loyalty un­to Christ
  92. Lucile
  93. Make Him Known
  94. Make Some­bo­dy Hap­py To­day
  95. Marching Up the Nar­row Way
  96. Miami
  97. My Fa­ther Leads Me
  98. My Fa­ther Watch­es over Me
  99. My On­ly Plea
  100. Não Tar­da­rá a Vol­ta do Sen­hor
  101. Nilus
  102. Nims Lake
  103. No Other Sto­ry
  104. Nobody Like Je­sus
  105. Nova Sco­tia
  106. O Love of Christ
  107. O’er the Hills of Old Ju­dea
  108. Only in Thee
  109. Onward, Ev­er On­ward!
  110. Our Land for Christ
  111. Over All
  112. Over and Over Again
  113. Pentecostal Pow­er
  114. Power of the Ho­ly Ghost, The
  115. Pray, Pray
  116. Pressly
  117. Precious to Me
  118. Rainbow on the Cloud, A
  119. Records
  120. Reflect the Christ
  121. Sail On!
  122. Sarah
  123. Since Je­sus Came in­to My Heart
  124. Sing Away the Sha­dows
  125. Sing the Love of Je­sus
  126. Singing, Speak­ing, Pray­ing
  127. Sinner Made Whole, A
  128. Sinner Saved by Grace, A
  129. Some Bright Morn­ing
  130. Some Day
  131. Someone Is Look­ing to You
  132. Something to Be Done
  133. Song and the Star, The
  134. Sunlight All the Way
  135. Sunshine on the Hill
  136. Sweeten Your Deeds with Love
  137. Tacoma
  138. Take Wings to Thy Soul
  139. There Is a Lamp Whose Stea­dy Light
  140. There Is Glo­ry in My Soul
  141. There Is Shel­ter at the Cross
  142. Thy Bro­ther Calls to Thee
  143. Thy King­dom Come
  144. Under the Cross of Je­sus
  145. Up and On­ward
  146. Volunteers for Ser­vice
  147. Walking and Talk­ing with Je­sus
  148. Watching for the Morn­ing
  149. Wave the Ban­ners
  150. Way of the Cross
  151. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers
  152. We Thank Thee, Our Fa­ther
  153. Wear a Smile for Je­sus
  154. When I Go Home
  155. When I Look in His Face
  156. When I Shall Fall Asleep
  157. Where the Gates Swing Out­ward Ne­ver
  158. Why Do I Love Je­sus?
  159. Why I Sing
  160. Will the Cir­cle Be Un­brok­en?
  161. Wonderful Christ­mas Sto­ry, The
  162. Wonderful Je­sus, The
  163. Wonderful Sav­ior, The