Search Results

Wilt Thou Let Him Go

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Behold, one standeth at the door, Who seeks thy guest to be Refrain First Line: Behold I stand at the door and knock

[Behold, One standeth at the door]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55567 12335 13211 Used With Text: Wilt thou let him go?

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #120 (1911) First Line: Behold, one standeth at the door Refrain First Line: Behold I stand at the door and knock Topics: Duet; Fellowship; Invitation; Love Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold, One standeth at the door]

Wilt Thou Let Him Go

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Epworth Praises #192 (1909) First Line: Behold, One standeth at the door Refrain First Line: Behold I stand at the door and knock Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold, One standeth at the door]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Author of "Wilt Thou Let Him Go" Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Behold, One standeth at the door]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined 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