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[I think God gives the children]

Appears in 43 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 53321 74676 54353 Used With Text: Little Sunbeams

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Little Sunbeams

Author: Eben E. Rexford Appears in 59 hymnals First Line: I think God gives the children Refrain First Line: O we are little sunbeams Used With Tune: [I think God gives the children]
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Del Sol Somos Rayitos

Author: F. S. Montelongo Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Dios pone a los niñitos Used With Tune: [Dios pone a los niñitos]

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Little Sunbeams

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: Revival Praises #159 (1907) First Line: I think God gives the children Refrain First Line: O we are little sunbeams Lyrics: 1 I think God gives the children, As thro' the land they go, The most delightful mission That any one can know; He wants us to be sunbeams Of love, and hope, and cheer, To brighten up the shadows That often gather here. Chorus: O we are little sunbeams, Sent down from God to man; In all life's shady places We shine as best we can. 2 The clouds may hide the sunshine Of heaven from our sight, And life have much of sorrow To mar the heart's delight; But if like faithful sunbeams, We children do our part, We'll bring a ray of brightness To ev'ry shadowed heart. [Chorus] 3 Then let us live our mission Of sunbeams day by day, And scatter joy and brightness About us all the way; Let's chase away life's shadows With loving tho't and deed, And be the sunshine-makers Of which the world has need. [Chorus] Tune Title: [I think God gives the children]
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Little Sunbeams

Author: Eben E. Rexford Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #171 (1916) First Line: I think God gives the children Refrain First Line: O we are little sunbeams Lyrics: 1 I think God gives the children, As thro' the land they go, The most delightful mission That any one can know; He wants us to be sunbeams Of love and hope and cheer, To brighten up the shadows That often gather here. Chorus: O we are little sunbeams, Sent down from God to man; In all life's shady places We shine as best we can. 2 The clouds may hide the sunshine Of Heaven from our sight, And life have much of sorrow To mar the heart's delight; But if like faithful sunbeams, We children do our part, We'll bring a ray of brightness To ev'ry shadowed heart. [Chorus] 3 Then let us live our mission Of sunbeams day by day, And scatter joy and brightness About us all the way; Let's chase away life's shadows With loving tho't and deed, And be the sunshine-makers Of which the world has need. [Chorus] Topics: Children's Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [I think God gives the children]
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Little Sunbeams

Author: Eben Eugene Rexford Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4030 First Line: I think God gives the children, as through the land they go Refrain First Line: O we are little sunbeams, sent down from God to man Lyrics: 1. I think God gives the children, as through the land they go, The most delightful mission that anyone can know. He wants us to be sunbeams of love and hope and cheer, To brighten up the shadows that often gather here. Refrain O we are little sunbeams, sent down from God to man; In all life’s shady places, we shine as best we can. 2. The clouds may hide the sunshine of Heaven from our sight, And life have much of sorrow to mar the heart’s delight; But if like faithful sunbeams, we children do our part, We’ll bring a ray of brightness to every shadowed heart. [Refrain] 3. Then let us live our mission of sunbeams day by day, And scatter joy and brightness about us all the way; Let’s chase away life’s shadows with loving thought and deed And be the sunshine makers, of which the world has need. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I think God gives the children, as through the land they go]

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Author of "Little Sunbeams" in Revival Praises Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[I think God gives the children] " in The New Praiseworthy 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

Francisco S. Montelongo

1878 - 1941 Person Name: F. S. Montelongo Author of "Del Sol Somos Rayitos" in Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo
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