1890–1967

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 22, 1890, Birm­ing­ham, Eng­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 9, 1967, near Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, in a car accident.

Buried: Sum­mer­ville Ce­me­te­ry, Au­gus­ta, Georg­ia.

portrait

Biography

When Gibbs was around three years old, his fa­mi­ly moved to South Af­ri­ca, and he grew up in Roo­de­port, near Jo­han­nes­burg.

In World War I, he served as a chap­lain in mi­li­ta­ry train­ing camps.

After the war, he went to the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­st­itute, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and there be­came in­volved with res­cue mis­sions.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Bible, Bi­ble, Ho­ly God In­spired
  2. Blest Are the Dead, Who Die in Christ the Lord
  3. Come and Join the Ar­my of the Lord To­day
  4. Father, We Wor­ship Thee
  5. Genesis, Ex­o­dus, Le­vi­ti­cus, Numb­ers
  6. In All My Need and Sin
  7. In Thy Youth Re­mem­ber Je­sus’ Love
  8. Listen as We Sing the Sto­ry
  9. Lord, Be­hold Us Now Be­fore Thee
  10. Lord Je­sus Christ, in Thy Dear Name
  11. Lord Je­sus Christ, We Would Re­mem­ber Thee
  12. Lord Je­sus, in Thy Pre­cious Name
  13. Lord May Come at Ev­en­ing Twi­light, The
  14. Nailed up­on Gol­go­tha’s Tree
  15. O Dare to Be Like Mos­es Brave
  16. O Fight the Good Fight
  17. Open Thou Mine Eyes, Lord
  18. Precious Ho­ly Bi­ble
  19. Sing the Glo­ri­ous Gos­pel
  20. Sweet Is the Sto­ry
  21. Thousand Thou­sand Thanks­giv­ings, A
  22. Wedding Pray­er, A
  23. Worthy In­car­nate Word

Music

  1. Gilbert
  2. Thompson