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[Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: Won’t You Come Now?

Author: A. H. Ackley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Won't you come now and give all to the Savior Refrain First Line: Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Lyrics: 1 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Long He has waiting to gain full control; You need His life and the gift of His favor, You need His love as the light of your soul. Refrain: Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Jesus is tenderly calling you; Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Jesus is calling, calling for you. 2 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Some day no longer His voice you will hear; Trembling you’ll stand in the court of God’s justice, Calling in vain for a friend to appear. [Refrain] 3 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Have you not felt the vain glory of life, Spending its moments in search of contentment, Feeling the pangs of its sorrow and strife? [Refrain] 4 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Only His blood all your sin can remove; If you believe, He is willing and able, Ready His grace and His mercy to prove. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Won't you come now and give all to the Savior]

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Won’t You Come Now?

Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #201 (1917) First Line: Won't you come now and give all to the Savior Refrain First Line: Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Lyrics: 1 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Long He has waiting to gain full control; You need His life and the gift of His favor, You need His love as the light of your soul. Refrain: Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Jesus is tenderly calling you; Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now? Jesus is calling, calling for you. 2 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Some day no longer His voice you will hear; Trembling you’ll stand in the court of God’s justice, Calling in vain for a friend to appear. [Refrain] 3 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Have you not felt the vain glory of life, Spending its moments in search of contentment, Feeling the pangs of its sorrow and strife? [Refrain] 4 Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior? Only His blood all your sin can remove; If you believe, He is willing and able, Ready His grace and His mercy to prove. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Won't you come now and give all to the Savior]

Won’t You Come Now?

Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Gospel Hymns and Songs #201 (1918) First Line: Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior Refrain First Line: Won’t you come now, O won’t you come now Languages: English Tune Title: [Won’t you come now and give all to the Savior]

People

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Author of "Won’t You Come Now?" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Won't you come now and give all to the Savior]" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services 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