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[When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 34533 21561 15345 Used With Text: Have You Made the World Better?

Have You Made the World Better?

Author: Nella F. Ford Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: When the last rays of sunset are low in the west Refrain First Line: Have you made it better Used With Tune: [When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]

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Have You Made the World Better?

Author: Nella F. Ford Hymnal: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #4 (1913) First Line: When the last rays of sunset are low in the west Refrain First Line: Better, better, better Lyrics: 1 When the last rays of sunset are low in the west, When the toilers come home, and the world is at rest, To the question my answer must be year or nay— “Have you made the world better by living today?” Better, better, better, Have you made the world better by living today? Have you done what you could in all things, as you should— Have you made the world better by living today? 2 Did a storm-beaten pilgrim, cast down in the race, See the Christ that you love when he looked in your face? Did your pray for the friend who has drifted away— Have you made the world better by living today? Better, better, better, Have you made the world better by living today? Have you done what you could in all things, as you should— Have you made the world better by living today? 3 Did the comrade who traveled with you all day long Feel the touch of you faith in your word, in your song? Has your heart felt the burden for souls gone astray— Have you made the world better by living today? Better, better, better, Have you made the world better by living today? Have you done what you could in all things, as you should— Have you made the world better by living today? 4 When my life-day is over, and sunset has come, When the work is all done and the toilers come home, May I know that for which I will constantly pray— I have made the world better by living today! Better, better, better, I have made the world better by living today? I have done what you could in all things, as you should— I have made the world better by living today! Languages: English Tune Title: [When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]

Have You Made the World Better?

Author: Nella F. Ford Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s66 (1913) First Line: When the last rays of sunset are low in the west Refrain First Line: Have you made it better Languages: English Tune Title: [When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]

Have You Made the World Better?

Author: Nella F. Ford Hymnal: Songs for Men #10 (1913) First Line: When the last rays of sunset are low in the west Refrain First Line: Better, better, better Languages: English Tune Title: [When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[When the last rays of sunset are low in the west]" in Sunday School Voices, 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

Nella F. Ford

Author of "Have You Made the World Better?" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Early 20th Century Ford’s works include: The Pageant of Methodism, 1914 --www.hymntime.com/tch/