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[We gather the fragments, Lord]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. C. Case Incipit: 55453 16172 47655 Used With Text: We Gather the Fragments

Author: Miss Charlotte E. Leavitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We gather the fragments, Lord Refrain First Line: Be wise, be wise, To service swift and sweet Lyrics: 1 We gather the fragments, Lord, That nothing be lost of time, For buds of minutes will bloom to hours And fruit will follow the ripening flowers, The fruitage of years sublime, The fruitage of years sublime. Ref; Be wise, be wise, To service swift and sweet, For fragments laid at the Master’s feet, He blesses, and multiplies. 2 We gather the fragments, Lord, That nothing be lost of strength, For life that dwells in the coral cells Builds bit by bit of the reef that swells To palm-crowned isles at length, To palm-crowned isles at length. [Refrain] 3 We gather the fragments, Lord, No tiniest gift to lose; For oft we’ve read of the thousand fed From two small fishes and barley bread Which thou didst deign to use, Which thou didst deign to use. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [We gather the fragments, Lord]

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We Gather the Fragments

Author: Miss Charlotte E. Leavitt Hymnal: Wondrous Love #128 (1885) First Line: We gather the fragments, Lord Refrain First Line: Be wise, be wise, To service swift and sweet Lyrics: 1 We gather the fragments, Lord, That nothing be lost of time, For buds of minutes will bloom to hours And fruit will follow the ripening flowers, The fruitage of years sublime, The fruitage of years sublime. Ref; Be wise, be wise, To service swift and sweet, For fragments laid at the Master’s feet, He blesses, and multiplies. 2 We gather the fragments, Lord, That nothing be lost of strength, For life that dwells in the coral cells Builds bit by bit of the reef that swells To palm-crowned isles at length, To palm-crowned isles at length. [Refrain] 3 We gather the fragments, Lord, No tiniest gift to lose; For oft we’ve read of the thousand fed From two small fishes and barley bread Which thou didst deign to use, Which thou didst deign to use. [Refrain] Tune Title: [We gather the fragments, Lord]

We Gather the Fragments

Author: Miss Charlotte E. Leavitt Hymnal: The Portfolio of Sunday School Songs #136 (1887) First Line: We gather the fragments, Lord Refrain First Line: Be wise, arise Languages: English Tune Title: [We gather the fragments, Lord]

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C. C. Case

1843 - 1918 Composer of "[We gather the fragments, Lord]" in Wondrous Love Charles Clinton Case USA 1843-1918. Born in Linesville, PA, his family moved to Gustavus, OH, when he was four. His father was an accomplished violinist, but a neighbor gave him a small violin when he was nine, and he mastered it before he could read music. At age 16 he went to singing school (without parental consent), borrowing the money from a neighbor. C. A. Bentley, a prominent conductor, was his first vocal music instructor, and William Bradbury's “Jubilee” was the school textbook. For three winters in a row, he attended Bentley's singing school, working his father's farm in the summer. He married Annie Williams. In 1866 he studied music in Boston with B. F. Baker. He also studied under George Root, Horatio Palmer, Philip Bliss, George Webb, and others, hymnwriters in their own right. Soon after, Case began teaching music, and when James McGranahan moved two miles from his home, they became friends. Case wrote and edited a number of Gospel song books in his life. 6 works. John Perry