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Author: C. H. G. Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me Refrain First Line: I want to be true to him Topics: Loyalty Used With Tune: [When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me]

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[When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 34532 13517 65567 Used With Text: I Want to be True

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I Want to Be True

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Sunday School and Revival #6 (1912) First Line: When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me Refrain First Line: I want to be true to Him Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me]

I Want to Be True

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Redemption Songs #24 (1913) First Line: When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me Refrain First Line: I want to be true to him Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me]

I Want to be True

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #158 (1911) First Line: When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me Refrain First Line: I want to be true to him Topics: Loyalty Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think how the Lord could have mercy on me]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "I Want to be True" 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