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[When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 51333 34321 21651 Used With Text: The Great Glad Day

Author: C. H. G. Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight Refrain First Line: What a great glad day that will be Used With Tune: [When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight]

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The Great Glad Day

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #31 (1914) First Line: When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sigh Refrain First Line: What a great glad day that will be Lyrics: 1 When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sigh, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we stand face to face with Jesus in that world of light, What a great glad day that will be. Chorus: What a great glad day that will be, What a great glad day that will be; When we meet, never more to part, on that eternal shore, What a great glad day that will be. 2 When we march thro’ the gates and hear the welcome of our King, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When with saints and the angels we unite His praise to sing, What a great glad day that will be. [Chorus] 3 When we meet with the loved ones who have laid their armor down, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When the Lord shall bestow on us a bright immortal crown, What a great glad day that will be. [Chorus] 4 There the storms never beat, and the surges never roll,— What a day of rejoicing that will be! There no death ever enters, there no sorrows reach the soul; What a great glad day that will be. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sigh]

The Great Glad Day

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Spiritual Songs #6 (1908) First Line: When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight Refrain First Line: What a great glad day that will be Languages: English Tune Title: [When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight]

The Great Glad Day

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Songs of Mounting Up No. 2 #113 (1915) First Line: When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight Refrain First Line: What a great glad day that will be Languages: English Tune Title: [When the first glimpse of heaven breaks upon our raptured sight]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "The Great Glad Day" in Light and Life Songs No. 2 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