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[Holy Father, as we come before Thee]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 32171 23561 56532 Used With Text: Nearer to the Heart of Jesus

Author: Maggie E. Gregory Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Holy Father, as we come before Thee Refrain First Line: As the days go by Used With Tune: [Holy Father, as we come before Thee]

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Nearer to the Heart of Jesus

Author: Maggie E. Gregory Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s45 (1913) First Line: Holy Father, as we come before Thee Refrain First Line: As the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [Holy Father, as we come before Thee]

Nearer to the Heart of Jesus

Author: Maggie E. Gregory Hymnal: Song Praises #62 (1906) First Line: Holy Father as we come before Thee Refrain First Line: As the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [Holy Father as we come before Thee]

Nearer to the Heart of Jesus

Author: Maggie E. Gregory Hymnal: The Very Best #69 (1911) First Line: Holy Father, as we come before Thee Refrain First Line: As the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [Holy Father, as we come before Thee]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Holy Father, as we come before Thee]" in The Very Best 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