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[When love is spelt with letters] (Gabriel)

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56721 67657 2435 Used With Text: Spelling Love

Author: Lucia B. Cook Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: When love is spelt with letters Refrain First Line: L-O-V-E, that spells love Lyrics: 1 When love is spelt with letters, It is not hard to spell, But let us try to write it, In living deeds as well; When called to do an errand, Be sure you don’t demur; For when you mind your mother, You’re spelling love to her. Refrain: L-O-V-E, that spells love, Sweetest word in heav’n above; Sweetest word on earth below, Let’s keep spelling as we go. 2 If kind to all your classmates, Obedient to the rule, If studious and thoughtful, You’re spelling love at school; When teacher says, “Be quiet,” Be sure you do not stir; For when we please the teacher, We’re spelling love to her. [Refrain] 3 Each little deed of kindness, That we may strive to do, Is spelling love for others, And love for Jesus, too; I hope, if holy angels Look on us from above, In bright and shining letters, They’ll find us spelling “love.” [Refrain] Used With Tune: [When love is spelt with letters]

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Spelling Love

Author: Lucia B. Cook Hymnal: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #160 (1917) First Line: When love is spelt with letters Refrain First Line: L-O-V-E, that spells love Lyrics: 1 When love is spelt with letters, It is not hard to spell, But let us try to write it, In living deeds as well; When called to do an errand, Be sure you don’t demur; For when you mind your mother, You’re spelling love to her. Refrain: L-O-V-E, that spells love, Sweetest word in heav’n above; Sweetest word on earth below, Let’s keep spelling as we go. 2 If kind to all your classmates, Obedient to the rule, If studious and thoughtful, You’re spelling love at school; When teacher says, “Be quiet,” Be sure you do not stir; For when we please the teacher, We’re spelling love to her. [Refrain] 3 Each little deed of kindness, That we may strive to do, Is spelling love for others, And love for Jesus, too; I hope, if holy angels Look on us from above, In bright and shining letters, They’ll find us spelling “love.” [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When love is spelt with letters]

Spelling Love.

Author: Lucia B. Cook Hymnal: Victory Songs #173 (1920) First Line: When love is spelt with letters Refrain First Line: L-O-V-E, that spells love Lyrics: 1 When love is spelt with letters, It is not hard to spell, But let us try to write it, In living deeds as well; When called to do an errand, Be sure you don’t demur; For when you mind your mother, You’re spelling love to her. Chorus: L-O-V-E, That spells love, Sweetest word in heav’n above; Sweetest word on earth below. Let’s keep spelling as we go. 2 If kind to all your classmates, Obedi'nt to the rule, If studious and tho'tful, You’re spelling love at school; When teacher says, “Be quiet,” Be sure you do not stir; For when we please the teacher, We’re spelling love to her. [Chorus] 3 Each little deed of kindness, That we may strive to do, Is spelling love for others, And love for Jesus, too; I hope, if holy angels Look on us from above, In bright and shining letters, They’ll find us spelling love.” [Chorus] Topics: Children's Songs; God Languages: English Tune Title: [When love is spelt with letters]

Spelling Love

Author: Lucia B. Cook Hymnal: Golden Bells #100 (1923) First Line: When love is spelt with letters Refrain First Line: L-O-V-E, that spells love Topics: Children's Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [When love is spelt with letters] (Gabriel)

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[When love is spelt with letters] (Gabriel)" in Golden Bells 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

Lucia B. Cook

b. 1884 Author of "Spelling Love" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Lucia B. Cook was born in Greenville, S. C. in 1884. She was a contributor to school, church and literary publications. Her greatest interest was with little children, and she loved nature. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)