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What I Would Not Be
Author: Wm. Appel Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I would not be a fruitless tree
What I Would Not Be
[I would not be a fruitless tree]
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/What_I_Would_Not_Be); The Standard Publishing Company, Jewels for Juniors, circa 1911 (87); Timeless Truths Publications, Sing unto the Lord (14) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 13324 33132 43235 Used With Text: What I Would Not Be
[I would not be a fruitless tree]
What I Would Not Be
Author: William Appel Hymnal: Timeless Truths #275 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8 First Line: I would not be a fruitless tree Lyrics: 1 I would not be a fruitless tree,
With fol’age o’er and o’er,
On which the Master’s eye might find
But leaves and nothing more;
On which the Master’s curse might fall
And wither root, and branch, and all.
2 I would not be a fruitless branch
On Christ, who is the Vine,
And cast abroad my deadly shade
Where sunlight ought to shine—
The which the husbandman must spurn,
And cast into the fire to burn.
3 I would not be a barren ground,
Refusing aught to yield,
But choking thistles, thorns, and tares—
A bad and worthless field,
From which the Lord would turn away,
And leave it ever waste to lay.
4 I would not be a servant mean,
And hide beneath the ground
The talent given by my Lord—
At last a sloth be found,
Who, at the final judgment day,
Must be forever cast away. Topics: Watchfulness Scripture: Luke 13:6-9 Tune Title: [I would not be a fruitless tree]
What I Would Not Be
What I Would Not Be
Author: Rev. Wm. Appel Hymnal: Little Branches #24 (1893) First Line: I would not be a fruitless tree Languages: English Tune Title: [I would not be a fruitless tree]
What I Would Not Be
What I Would Not Be
Author: Wm. Appel Hymnal: Jewels for Juniors #87 (1911) First Line: I would not be a fruitless tree Languages: English Tune Title: [I would not be a fruitless tree]
What I Would Not Be
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "[I would not be a fruitless tree]" in Timeless Truths Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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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
Chas. H. Gabriel
