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[No warm, downy pillow his sweet head pressed]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55671 23412 33325 Used With Text: The heavenly stranger

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: No warm, downy pillow his sweet head pressed Refrain First Line: Thou heavenly stranger Topics: Children; Christmas Used With Tune: [No warm, downy pillow his sweet head pressed]

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The Heavenly Stranger

Author: Ada J. Blenkhorn Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13212 First Line: No warm downy pillow His sweet head pressed Refrain First Line: Thou heavenly Stranger, so gentle and mild Lyrics: 1 No warm downy pillow His sweet head pressed, No soft silken garments His fair form dressed; He lay in a manger, this heavenly Stranger, The precious Lord Jesus, the wonderful Child. Refrain: Thou heavenly Stranger, so gentle and mild, Tho’ born in a manger, the Father’s own child; We’ll worship before Thee, And praise and adore Thee, And sing the glad story again and again. 2 No jubilant clang of rejoicing bell The glorious news to the world did tell; But angels from glory sang sweetly the story Of Bethlehem’s Stranger, the Savior of men. [Refrain] 3 All hail to Thee, Jesus, Thou Holy One! All hail to Thee, Jesus! Jehovah’s Son; While angels adore Thee, We’ll worship before Thee, Our blessed Messiah, our Savior and King. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [No warm downy pillow His sweet head pressed]

The Heavenly Stranger

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Golden Bells #98 (1923) First Line: No warm, downy pillow His sweet head pressed Refrain First Line: Thou heavenly Stranger so gentle and mild Topics: Children's Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [No warm, downy pillow] (Gabriel)

The Heavenly Stranger

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: World Wide Revival Songs #171 (1915) First Line: No warm, downy pillow His sweet head pressed Refrain First Line: Thou heavenly Stranger so gentle and mild Languages: English Tune Title: [No warm, downy pillow His sweet head pressed]

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Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Author of "The Heavenly Stranger" in Golden Bells Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[No warm downy pillow His sweet head pressed]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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