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Closer to Jesus

Author: R. H. McDaniel Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: The Savior is dearer to me Refrain First Line: Closer to Him, closer to Him

[The Savior is dearer to me ev’ry day]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 13213 21543 54333 Used With Text: Closer to Jesus

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Author: R. H. McDaniel Hymnal: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #139 (1917) First Line: The Savior is dearer to me ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Closer to Him, closer to Him Lyrics: 1 The Savior is dearer to me ev’ry day, The closer I live to Him; And brighter His glory illumines my way, The closer I live to him. Refrain: Closer to Him, closer to Him, I want to live closer to Jesus; There’s no one so precious, so faithful to me, And I want to live closer to Him. 2 His service grows sweeter and sweeter to me, The closer I live to him; And more of His goodness and mercy I see, The closer I live to him. [Refrain] 3 His love more abundantly flows thro’ my heart, The closer I live to him; And richer the blessings that He doth impart, The closer I live to him. [Refrain] 4 I’m longing the more in His likeness to be, The closer I live to him; And surer I am that His face I shall see, The closer I live to him. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is dearer to me ev'ry day]

Closer to Jesus

Author: R. H. McDaniel Hymnal: Victory Songs #143 (1920) First Line: The Savior is dearer to me ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Closer to Him, closer to Him Lyrics: 1 The Savior is dearer to me ev’ry day, The closer I live to Him; And brighter His glory illumines my way, The closer I live to Him. Chorus: Closer to Him, closer to Him, I want to live closer to Jesus; There’s no one so precious, so faithful to me, And I want to live closer to Him. 2 His service grows sweeter and sweeter to me, The closer I live to Him; And more of His goodness and mercy I see, The closer I live to Him. [Chorus] 3 His love more abundantly flows thro’ my heart, The closer I live to Him; And richer the blessings that He doth impart, The closer I live to Him. [Chorus] 4 I’m longing the more in His likeness to be, The closer I live to Him; And surer I am that His face I shall see, The closer I live to Him. [Chorus] Topics: Communion and Fellowship; Duets Languages: English Tune Title: [The Savior is dearer to me ev’ry day]

Closer to Jesus

Author: R. H. McDaniel Hymnal: Williston Hymns #53 (1917) First Line: The Savior is dearer to me ev'ry day Refrain First Line: Closer to Him, closer to Him Tune Title: [The Savior is dearer to me every day]

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Rufus H. McDaniel

1850 - 1940 Person Name: R. H. McDaniel Author of "Closer to Jesus" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Rufus H. McDaniel was ordained in the Christian church in 1873. He found much joy in church music. He began writing hymns in the 1880's. He wrote, "I feel in my soul that God has something for me to do in brightening the experience of struggling souls. My chief desire is to be a blessing, if possible, to my fellow-men through these hymns and thereby glorify God in the name of his dear son 'whose I am and whom I serve.'" Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[The Savior is dearer to me ev'ry day]" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services 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