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[We are but little candles]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55567 15546 24355 Used With Text: Little Candles

Author: Martha Oliver Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: We are but little candles Refrain First Line: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Used With Tune: [We are but little candles]

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Little Candles

Author: Martha Oliver Hymnal: Little Branches No. 2 #49 (1896) First Line: We are but little candles Refrain First Line: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Lyrics: 1 We are but little candles, Yet we can brightly shine, And show our loving Savior By this one tiny sign, Just how we try to serve Him, And all His wish fulfill; For oh, we dearly love Him, And want to do His will. Chorus: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, As we brightly shine. Shedding rays of light around us, Upward, downward, upward, downward, Here and there, ev'rywhere, That's the way we shine. 2 O naughty words and tempers Are very bad indeed, For they will quench our candles, So we must all take heed; Then harder 'tis to light them, But still we try once more; We ask for God's forgiveness, And help from Him implore [Chorus] 3 Our tears will quench the candles And so we always try To keep a happy spirit, And never fret or cry, For God, who made and loves us, Will guide and teach us, too; He tells us, in the Bible, Just what we ought to do [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [We are but little candles]

Little Candles

Author: Martha Oliver Hymnal: Sunshine #92 (1895) First Line: We are but little candles Refrain First Line: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Lyrics: 1 We are but little candles, Yet we can brightly shine, And show our loving Savior By this one tiny sign. Just how we try to serve Him, And all His wish fulfill; For oh, we dearly love Him, And want to do His will. Refrain: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, AS we brightly shine, Shedding rays of light around us, Upward, downward, upward, downward, Here and there, ev’rywhere, That’s the way we shine. 2 O naughty words and tempers Are very bad indeed, For they will quench our candles, So we must all take heed. Then harder ‘tis to light them, But still we try once more; We ask for God’s forgiveness, And help from Him implore. [Refrain] 3 Our tears will quench the candles— And so we always try To keep a happy spirit, And never fret or cry. For God, who made and loves us, Will guide and teach us, too; He tell us, in the Bible, Just what we ought to do. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We are but little candles]

Little Candles

Author: Martha Oliver Hymnal: Sifted Wheat #92 (1898) First Line: We are but little candles Refrain First Line: Then twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle Languages: English Tune Title: [We are but little candles]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[We are but little candles]" in Sifted Wheat 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