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[Far back in the ages past]
Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55671 23333 23444 Used With Text: O Cross of Love
[Far back in the ages past]
O Cross of Love
Author: T. O. Chisholm Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Far back in the ages past Refrain First Line: O cross of love, O cross of pain Topics: Assurance Used With Tune: [Far back in the ages past]
O Cross of Love
O Cross of Love
Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: The King of Kings #157 (1915) First Line: Far back in the ages past Refrain First Line: O cross of love! O cross of pain Lyrics: 1 Far back in the ages past,
Veiled in the mist of years,
A wondrous vision I behold,
That moves my heart to tears;
There hanging upon a cross,
The form of One I see,
Who suffered there a sinner's death,
That sinners might be free.
Refrain:
O cross of love! O cross of pain!
My glory and my plea!
Upon thy arms extended wide,
Christ Jesus died for me,
Christ Jesus died for me.
2 And gazing upon that cross,
What feelings fill my breast!
What sorrow for my life of sin!
What hungerings for rest!
Then peace, as the peace of heav'n
Steals in upon my soul,
And tides of deep and holy joy
Thro’ all my being roll. [Refrain]
3 O cross of redeeming love,
Stay thou before mine eyes,
Lest, wandering, my heart forget
Thy bleeding sacrifice!
Send forth thy refulgent beams
Along my pilgrim way,
And guide my feet, thro’ earthly night,
To realms of fadeless day. [Refrain]
4 O wonderful cross of Christ,
With hearts of men plead on;
Constrain the wayward, raise the low,
And melt the heart of stone;
O win for thyself in earth
A mighty victory,
Till righteousness shall flood the earth,
As waters flood the sea. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Far back in the ages past]
O Cross of Love
O Cross of Love
Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: The Redeemer's Praise #150 (1906) First Line: Far back in the ages past Refrain First Line: O cross of love, O cross of pain Topics: Assurance Tune Title: [Far back in the ages past]
O Cross of Love
O Cross of Love
Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 4 #154 (1907) First Line: Far back in the ages past Refrain First Line: O cross of love! O cross of pain! Topics: Atonement, Salvation; Cross; Solo Tune Title: [Far back in the ages past]
O Cross of Love
Thomas O. Chisholm
1866 - 1960 Person Name: T. O. Chisholm Author of "O Cross of Love" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined 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)
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Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.
Thomas O. Chisholm
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Far back in the ages past]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined 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
