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Ho! Ye Idlers

Author: Oriana M. Williams Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ho ye idlers, standing in the busy marts Refrain First Line: Go ye gather from the hill and plain

[Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 15671 23456 54543 Used With Text: Ho! Ye Idlers

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Author: O. Williams Hymnal: Bethany Hymns #102 (1908) First Line: Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts Refrain First Line: Go ye forth rejoicing, gather with the reapers Lyrics: 1 Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts, Hear the call for reapers, who will volunteer? Fields are waving, harvest days are passing by, And the skies are bright and clear. Loud comes ringing from the reapers in the field, Songs of joy and gladness as they bind their sheaves; Times goes by, and so abundant is the yield, Dare you go to judgment bearing naught but leaves? Refrain: Go ye forth rejoicing, gather with the reapers, Gather from the hill and plain; They are singing songs of joy and gladness, As they bind the golden grain. Loud and long the voice of love is pleading, While the Spirit still is interceding; Hasten to the harvest-field away, away! Who will work today? Who’ll work today? Who will go and help to gather in the grain, Who will glean the bright sheaves from the fields of sin? Who will share the glory of eternal rest, When the golden harvest all is gathered in? 2 Lift your eyes and look upon the waving fields, Hear the Master calling, “Who will work today?” In the byways and the hedges all about Grain is falling to decay. Grasp your sickle, haste to join the busy throng; Wide and ripe the harvest,—few the reapers there; Ev’ry sheaf you gather will become a star For the crown of glory you at last shall wear. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts]

Ho! Ye Idlers

Author: O. Williams Hymnal: Sing His Praise #186 (1902) First Line: Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts Refrain First Line: Go ye forth rejoicing Topics: Special Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Ho! ye idlers, standing in the busy marts]" in Bethany Hymns 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