Birdie Bell

Short Name:	Birdie Bell
Full Name:	Bell, Birdie

C. Louise Bell, also known a Birdie Bell, was born, raised and lived in New York city. She began writing hymns when she was sixteen years old. She is the author of more than 500 hymns, 200 religious poems, and 200 Christmas and Easter lyrics, as well as short stories, and articles. She wrote under the name of Birdie Bell, which is what her family called her.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Texts Tunes Hymnals

Texts by Birdie Bell (282)	As	Authority Languages	Instances
هل تعبت جدا دونما معين	Birdie Bell (Author)	Arabic	1
只一摸，當主正經過 (Zhǐ yī mō, dāng zhǔ zhèng jīngguò)	Birdie Bell (Author)	Chinese	2
A bird that has roamed far away from its nest	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
A day of kind remembrance	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
A home with Christ the Master	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
A life of lowly service may seem but small to thee	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
A loving hand is leading me	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
A song of joy to all the earth	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
A sower was ending his homeward way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
A wondrous song is in the air	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
All along life's rugged highway	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
All who are weary, sad and oppressed	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
Although the road is rough	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Although you stumble in the way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Are you helping somewhere	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Are you looking up for guidance	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Are you ready to start for home, brother?	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Are you treading in the footsteps	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Art thou sitting by the wayside	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
As I go along with Jesus, I'm singing	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
As you walk along life's way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Battle-fought, go forth to the conflict	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		5
Battling for the right	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Be on the bright side, that is the right side	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Beauteous shelterland	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Beauteous star once brightly beaming	Birdie. Bell (Author)		2
Beautiful anthem the first Christmas wakened	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Beautiful birds of the wildwood, Teach me the song that	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Because it is true, I am telling to others	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Blest Eden land, haven of peace	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Bowed beneath your burden, is there none to share	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	31
Brighten the path	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Brooks are gaily dancing	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Busy little gleaners we Toiling on, toiling on	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Can he count on you	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Cares may beset me	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Carol the song of Jesus' birth	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Carry the sunshine wherever you go	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
Children heard the call	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Christ is beside thee	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Christ our Shepherd	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Christmas bells shine sweetly	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Cling to Christ forever, Though the storms are wild	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Clouds may darken the fairest sky	Birdie Bell (Author)		6
Come back, my sheep far from me straying	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Come to the Christ who loves thee	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Come to the Christ who will turn	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Conquer the world by kindness	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Countless are his mercies	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Darkness broods over vale and hill	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Day dawn of gladness	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Dear Savior, as we come today	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Do not chase away the sunbeams	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Do you know that Christ is listening?	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Do you often grow discouraged As you climb the upward way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Does the gospel sunshine	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Duties all around you, waiting	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Even as a bird on fluttering wing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Every day we need it	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Faith sees a realm these eyes can never see	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Faithful is the one who leads the way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Fill us with the sunshine of thy love today	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Flash out the light to the souls that repine	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Fly your colors, lift the standard	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
Fragrant Easter lilies	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Gently through thy pastures guide	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Gleam on in splendor	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Go forth, go forth, the truth proclaim	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Go with the message of light divine	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
God hath a beautiful book on high	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
God is good, O come with adoration	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
God of love, from above	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
God's promises hold! Like an anchor unfailing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Hail the morning bright	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Halting on the borderland	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Happy in Jesus the whole day through	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
Hark, the sound of bitter weeping	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Harvest fields are waiting, White the waving grain	Birdie Bell (Author)		5
Have faith, just trust him all the way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Have you been seeking a Friend that's kind	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Have you left the Shepherd's care	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Have you spent the day with Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
He loves me! let me trust His care	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
He says so! I believe it!	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Heart of mine I pray thee	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Here's a fountain pure and holy	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
How is your lamp, is it trimmed	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
I do not know why shadows fall	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I have felt his guiding hand all the way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
I heard a voice, ‘twas low and sweet	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
I own a priceless treasure, 'tis precious to my heart	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
I shrink not from thoughts of the future	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
I turn it over to Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I will lift up mine eyes (Bell)	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
I would seek a Land in a far-off clime	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
I'll sing the matchless story of Christ	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
I'm on my journey homeward	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I'm standing on the Rock of Ages	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	7
In Egypt long I lingered	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
In the lands of darkness, far across the sea	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
In the morning of life we would serve thee	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
In the shadow of his hand	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Is the battle fierce and long	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
Jesus did it on the cross	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jesus geht heute vorbei, mein Freund	Birdie Bell (Author)	German	3
Jesus goes before you all along	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Jesus is passing this way, my friend	Miss Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Jesus is with us at all times	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jesus, my Shepherd, save by	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jesus of Nazareth passed my way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Jesus on the stormy sea	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Jewels of light for the crown of the Master	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Journeying with Jesus, in His chosen way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Just a beam of sunlight	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Just one touch as He moves along	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	54
Just tell it to Jesus, when burdens oppress	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Just to believe that the Lord will receive	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Keep a smile in your heart	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Keep close to me for dangers	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Keep looking up, and tread the path before thee	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Lead us, O Shepherd, each step of the way	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Lead us, O star, as we	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Let Him come near to thee	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Life is a warfare! go forth to the battle	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Life's burdens are many	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
List to the bells, bright, beautiful bells	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Live in the sunshine	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Look on the bright side turn	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Look up when shadows gather near	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Lord, we come to seek Thy face	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Losing the sorrow which swept o'er my soul	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Many are longing thy message to hear	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	5
Many are seeking a helper	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
Many on life's pathway murmur and complain	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
May the Lord in love and mercy	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
More of thy sunshine in my heart, More of thy love to me impart	Birdie Bell (Author)		6
My boat is so small and Thy ocean so wide!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
My Father has a storehouse	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Nature is teaching a lesson	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Never a burden of care and woe	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Never mind the darkness	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Never slight the task that's given	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
No clouds up there, be trustful	Miss Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
No matter how lowly the service may be	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
No matter if clouds have o'er shadowed the way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
No place can be desert when Jesus is there	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
No star shines over the restless seas	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Not always in paths that are pleasant	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Not my own, for thou hast bought me	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Not the way O blessed Savior it would lead us far from home	Birdie Bell (Author)		1
Not the way, we often murmur	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
O beautiful palace up yonder!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	6
O blessed hereafter, for thee do we long	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
O bring them to Jesus! the wayward the weary	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
O haste to the Rock	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
O Jesus is the dearest friend	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O night of wonder! night of peace!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O pilgrim are you weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O precious blood, all-cleansing stream	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O precious Book! upon thy leaves	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O precious legacy that Jesus left	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O Shepherd, abide in thy heavenly fold	Birdie Bel (Author)		2
O soul, thou hast wandered afar from thy Lord	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O there are sheep within the desert	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
O we clasp the hand in gladness	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
O weary years of wandering	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Oft we learn the sweetest lesson	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Oftmals drohen Sturm und Wellen	Birdie Bell (Author)	German	1
Old Glory! we love thee, The light of each star	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Once over the hills of Judah	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Only one story which never grows old	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	7
Our barks may be launched on life's voyage	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Over and over I seem to hear	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
Over the ocean there come earnest cries	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Over the town of Bethlehem	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Pass it by, the look	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Pilgrim, travel stained and weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Pilgrim, whither journey you	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Press on dear traveler press thou on	Mrs. J. H. Bell (Author)	English	6
Ring it out in gladness, bells of Eastertide	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	5
Ring out, O bells, right merrily	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Search for the wandering sheep of the fold	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		6
Send salvation's message to the lands afar	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	4
Seu fardo é pesado e ninguém pra contar?	Birdie Bell (Author)	Portuguese	2
Side by side we travel	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sin has dimmed your vision	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Sing a song of praise to the Savior's name	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Sing as you journey, gladden the way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sing at your work and be cheery	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Sing for joy! sing for joy! sing for joy!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Sing when days are dreary	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Softly falling, hear the message	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Softly the Christmas star	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Soldiers are needed, is your name enrolled?	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Sometimes the sun hides itself	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Soul, art thou weary because of the journey?	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Speak to every weary heart	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Step by step and day by day, Traveling on life's pilgrim way	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Sweetly and softly on my ear	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Teach our hands to do thy biding	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Tell it, O tell it to somebody	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Tell me the old, old story, Tell it, for 'tis always new	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	8
Tell the gospel story everywhere you go	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
Tell what Jesus does for you	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	4
The Bible is mine	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The burden I bear may bend me low	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The day of hope	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The desert, drear, and lonely	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The higher life for this I pray	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
The journey of life is before thee	Birdie Bel (Author)		2
The joy of acquaintance with Jesus	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The Master is calling for workers (Bell)	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The Master's voice is calling (Bell)	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The Shepherd is seeking His wandering sheep	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	7
The sun is ever shining	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The Word of God is shining	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The world has need of singers	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The world needs Jesus! The sick and sad	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There are many joys to cheer me as I journey day by day	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
There is a gift of wondrous price	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
There is light at the end of the journey	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
There is only one way to the kingdom of God	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
There was room at the cross for a sinner like me	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
There'll be singing and rejoicing in the land beyond the sight	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There's a beautiful robe that waits on high	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
There's a blessed Book that's given for the saving of mankind	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
There's a blessed story all should hear	C. Louise Bell (Author)		4
There's a happy song	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
There's a work that's waiting for your hands	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There's sunlight on the mountain, a flood of glory	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Though shadows fall across my way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Though the storms of life were raging	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Though 'tis hard to part from a friend that's dear	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
'Tis a message sweet	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
'Tis a weary way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
'Tis by this sign	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
'Tis easy to fret over troubles	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
To all who have in Christ believed	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
To daily walk by faith, not sight	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Tossing on life's fitful sea	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Traveling the path to Canaan's land	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Turn away from earth's allurements	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Twilight shadows gather round us	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Walk in the sunlight with Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Walking in the sunlight, on I go each day	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
We are heralds of a great and free salvation	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We are Jesus' little pilgrims	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We are Jesus' little soldiers	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We are lambs of the fold, Through the green fields we go	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We are pupils in life's school	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We are soldiers in the army of the heavenly King	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
We are strangers and sojourners traveling to the better land	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
We are traveling the pathway to heaven	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
We come, heavenly Father	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
We gathered with songs of rejoicing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We march along with battle song	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We're going to a country where everything is new	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
What are the birdies singing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
What is heaven, a glorious	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
What of the journey, pilgrim	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
What we need in this world is Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
What's thy mission, O my brother	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When heart and brain	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
When my heart is aching, weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When the feet are bruised	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
When the old church bell that we love so well	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	11
When the turbulent waves in their fury dash high	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When the weary march is over we shall find the promised rest	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When you come to snares and pitfalls	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Whene'er my heart grows heavy	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Where do I meet my Savior	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Where the darkness gathers	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Whosoever will may come	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Why in thy bondage wilt thou stay	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	8
With long lost friends we'll meet	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Work in my vineyard the morning is bright	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Would you have your life transfigured	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Writing a book as the days go by	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Yonder in heathen lands many are waiting	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
You and I can help another	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
You need to be washed in the blood	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
You will find the peace which you often crave	Birdie Bell (Author)		2

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