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Author: Charles H. Gabriel Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: When we get home from our sorrow and care Refrain First Line: When we get home, O when we get home Lyrics: 1. When we get home from our sorrow and care And we stand with the angels of light, Oh, what a meeting in Heaven there’ll be, In that land without shadow or night; Sorrow and care, tribulation and pain We’ll leave, when we pass thro’ the tomb; Clouds of despair, storms of trial and care, We shall leave for that beautiful home. Refrain When we get home, oh, when we get home, Get home to glory land, Praises we’ll sing to Jesus, our King, A ransomed, a glorified band. 2. When we get home to the mansions above, With the loved ones gone over before, Oh, who can tell what a joy that will be There, to live and rejoice evermore: Angels will praise, the Redeemer will smile, And loved ones we’ll clasp by the hand; Free from all pain, far beyond earthly stain, We shall dwell in that beautiful land. [Refrain] 3. When we get home, when the morning is come, And forth from the city of gold Angels of God, coming down, shall call home All of those who belong to His fold; Will you be there, brother, loved ones to greet, Or will you forever be lost? What is thy choice, fleeting pleasures of earth, Or a home when death’s river is crossed? [Refrain]

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[When we get home from our sorrow and care]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James McGranahan Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13632 13522 21356 Used With Text: When We Get Home

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When we get Home

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Gospel Hymns No. 3 #87 (1878) Hymnal Title: Gospel Hymns No. 3 First Line: When we get home from our sorrow and care Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home from our sorrow and care]

When We Get Home

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #182 (1894) Hymnal Title: Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 First Line: When we get home from our sorrow and care Refrain First Line: When we get home, oh, when we get home Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home from our sorrow and care]

When We Get Home

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7342 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: When we get home from our sorrow and care Refrain First Line: When we get home, oh, when we get home Lyrics: 1. When we get home from our sorrow and care And we stand with the angels of light, Oh, what a meeting in Heaven there’ll be, In that land without shadow or night; Sorrow and care, tribulation and pain We’ll leave, when we pass thro’ the tomb; Clouds of despair, storms of trial and care, We shall leave for that beautiful home. Refrain When we get home, oh, when we get home, Get home to glory land, Praises we’ll sing to Jesus, our King, A ransomed, a glorified band. 2. When we get home to the mansions above, With the loved ones gone over before, Oh, who can tell what a joy that will be There, to live and rejoice evermore: Angels will praise, the Redeemer will smile, And loved ones we’ll clasp by the hand; Free from all pain, far beyond earthly stain, We shall dwell in that beautiful land. [Refrain] 3. When we get home, when the morning is come, And forth from the city of gold Angels of God, coming down, shall call home All of those who belong to His fold; Will you be there, brother, loved ones to greet, Or will you forever be lost? What is thy choice, fleeting pleasures of earth, Or a home when death’s river is crossed? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home from our sorrow and care]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "When We Get Home" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

James McGranahan

1840 - 1907 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Composer of "[When we get home from our sorrow and care]" in The Cyber Hymnal James McGranahan USA 1840-1907. Born at West Fallowfield, PA, uncle of Hugh McGranahan, and son of a farmer, he farmed during boyhood. Due to his love of music his father let him attend singing school, where he learned to play the bass viol. At age 19 he organized his first singing class and soon became a popular teacher in his area of the state. He became a noted musician and hymns composer. His father was reluctant to let him pursue this career, but he soon made enough money doing it that he was able to hire a replacement farmhand to help his father while he studied music. His father, a wise man, soon realized how his son was being used by God to win souls through his music. He entered the Normal Music School at Genesco, NY, under William B Bradbury in 1861-62. He met Miss Addie Vickery there. They married in 1863, and were very close to each other their whole marriage, but had no children. She was also a musician and hymnwriter in her own right. For a time he held a postmaster’s job in Rome, PA. In 1875 he worked for three years as a teacher and director at Dr. Root’s Normal Music Institute. He because well-known and successful as a result, and his work attracted much attention. He had a rare tenor voice, and was told he should train for the operatic stage. It was a dazzling prospect, but his friend, Philip Bliss, who had given his wondrous voice to the service of song for Christ for more than a decade, urged him to do the same. Preparing to go on a Christmas vacation with his wife, Bliss wrote McGranahan a letter about it, which McGranahan discussed with his friend Major Whittle. Those two met in person for the first time at Ashtubula, OH, both trying to retrieve the bodies of the Bliss’s, who died in a bridge-failed train wreck. Whittle thought upon meeting McGranahan, that here is the man Bliss has chosen to replace him in evangelism. The men returned to Chicago together and prayed about the matter. McGranahan gave up his post office job and the world gained a sweet gospel singer/composer as a result. McGranahan and his wife, and Major Whittle worked together for 11 years evangelizing in the U.S., Great Britain, and Ireland. They made two visits to the United Kingdom, in 1880 and 1883, the latter associated with Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey evangelistic work. McGranahan pioneered use of the male choir in gospel song. While holding meetings in Worcester, MA, he found himself with a choir of only male voices. Resourcefully, he quickly adapted the music to those voices and continued with the meetings. The music was powerful and started what is known as male choir and quartet music. Music he published included: “The choice”, “Harvest of song”, “Gospel Choir”,, “Gospel hymns #3,#4, #5, #6” (with Sankey and Stebbins), “Songs of the gospel”, and “Male chorus book”. The latter three were issued in England. In 1887 McGranahan’s health compelled him to give up active work in evangelism. He then built a beautiful home, Maplehurst, among friends at Kinsman, OH, and settled down to the composition of music, which would become an extension of his evangelistic work. Though his health limited his hours, of productivity, some of his best hymns were written during these days. McGranahan was a most lovable, gentle, modest, unassuming, gentleman, and a refined and cultured Christian. He loved good fellowship, and often treated guests to the most delightful social feast. He died of diabetes at Kinsman, OH, and went home to be with his Savior. John Perry