Birdie Bell

Short Name:	Birdie Bell
Full Name:	Bell, Birdie

C. Louise Bell, also known a Birdie Bell, was born, raised and lived in New York city. She began writing hymns when she was sixteen years old. She is the author of more than 500 hymns, 200 religious poems, and 200 Christmas and Easter lyrics, as well as short stories, and articles. She wrote under the name of Birdie Bell, which is what her family called her.

Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Texts Tunes Hymnals

Texts by Birdie Bell (284)	As	Authority Languages	Instances
هل تعبت جدا دونما معين	Birdie Bell (Author)	Arabic	1
Not the way O blessed Savior it would lead us far from home	Birdie Bell (Author)		1
Oftmals drohen Sturm und Wellen	Birdie Bell (Author)	German	1
A day of kind remembrance	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
A life of lowly service may seem but small to thee	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
A loving hand is leading me	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
A wondrous song is in the air	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
All along life's rugged highway	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Although the road is rough	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Although you stumble in the way	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
As you walk along life's way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Battling for the right	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Be on the bright side, that is the right side	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Beauteous shelterland	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Beauteous star once brightly beaming	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Because it is true, I am telling to others	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Blest Eden land, haven of peace	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Brighten the path	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Brooks are gaily dancing	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Busy little gleaners we Toiling on, toiling on	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	2
Cares may beset me	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Carol the song of Jesus' birth	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Christ our Shepherd	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Christmas bells shine sweetly	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Cling to Christ forever, Though the storms are wild	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Come to the Christ who loves thee	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Come to the Christ who will turn	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Countless are his mercies	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Darkness broods over vale and hill	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Do you know that Christ is listening?	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Does the gospel sunshine	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Even as a bird on fluttering wing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Every day we need it	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Faithful is the one who leads the way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Fill us with the sunshine of Thy love today	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Flash out the light to the souls that repine	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Fragrant Easter lilies	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Gently through thy pastures guide	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Gleam on in splendor	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Go forth, go forth, the truth proclaim	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
God hath a beautiful book on high	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
God is good, O come with adoration	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
God of love, from above	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
God's promises hold! Like an anchor unfailing	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Halting on the borderland	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Hark, the sound of bitter weeping	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Have faith, just trust him all the way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Have you left the Shepherd's care	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Have you spent the day with Jesus	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
He loves me! let me trust His care	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
He says so! I believe it!	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Heart of mine I pray thee	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Here's a fountain pure and holy	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
I do not know why shadows fall	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
I heard a voice, 'twas low and sweet	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
I shrink not from thoughts of the future	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I turn it over to Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I will lift up mine eyes (Bell)	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
I would seek a Land in a far-off clime	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
I'm on my journey homeward	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
In Egypt long I lingered	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
In the shadow of his hand	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Jesus did it on the cross	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jesus goes before you all along	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jesus is the dearest Friend I know	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Jesus is with us at all times	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Jesus, my Shepherd, save by	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Jesus on the stormy sea	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Jewels of light for the crown of the Master	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Journeying with Jesus, in His chosen way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Just a beam of sunlight	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Just tell it to Jesus, when burdens oppress	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Keep a smile in your heart	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Keep close to me for dangers	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Lead us, O star, as we	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Let Him come near to thee	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Life is a warfare! go forth to the battle	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Life's burdens are many	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
List to the bells, bright, beautiful bells	Miss Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Live in the sunshine	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Look on the bright side turn	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Lord, we come to seek Thy face	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Losing the sorrow which swept o'er my soul	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
May the Lord in love and mercy	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
My boat is so small and Thy ocean so wide!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
My Father has a storehouse	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Nature is teaching a lesson	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Never a burden of care and woe	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
Never mind the darkness	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Never slight the task that's given	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
No matter how lowly the service may be	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
No place can be desert when Jesus is there	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Not always in paths that are pleasant	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Not my own, for thou hast bought me	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O blessed hereafter, for thee do we long	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
O haste to the Rock	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O Jesus is the dearest friend	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O night of wonder! night of peace!	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
O pilgrim are you weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O precious blood, all-cleansing stream	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O precious Book! upon thy leaves	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
O precious legacy that Jesus left	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
O Shepherd, abide in thy heavenly fold	Birdie Bel (Author)	English	2
O soul, thou hast wandered afar from thy Lord	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
O weary years of wandering	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Oft we learn the sweetest lesson	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Old Glory! we love thee, The light of each star	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Our barks may be launched on life's voyage	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Over the ocean there come earnest cries	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Pass it by, the look	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Ring out, O bells, right merrily	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Seu fardo é pesado e ninguém pra contar?	Birdie Bell (Author)	Portuguese	2
Side by side we travel	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sin has dimmed your vision	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sing a song of praise to the Savior's name	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Sing as you journey, gladden the way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sing at your work and be cheery	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Sing for joy! sing for joy! sing for joy!	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
Sing when days are dreary	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Softly falling, hear the message	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Softly the Christmas star	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Soldiers are needed, is your name enrolled?	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Sometimes the sun hides itself	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Speak to every weary heart	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Sweetly and softly on my ear	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Teach our hands to do thy biding	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Tell it, O tell it to somebody	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The Bible is mine	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The burden I bear may bend me low	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The day of hope	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The desert, drear, and lonely	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The higher life for this I pray	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
The journey of life is before thee	Birdie Bel (Author)		2
The joy of acquaintance with Jesus	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The Master is calling for workers (Bell)	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The Master's voice is calling (Bell)	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The sun is ever shining	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The Word of God is shining	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
The world has need of singers	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
The world needs Jesus! The sick and sad	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There are many joys to cheer me as I journey day by day	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
There is light at the end of the journey	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
There was room at the cross for a sinner like me	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
There'll be singing and rejoicing in the land beyond the sight	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There's a beautiful robe that waits on high	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There's a happy song	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
There's a work that's waiting for your hands	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
There's sunlight on the mountain, a flood of glory	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Though shadows fall across my way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Though the storms of life were raging	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
'Tis a message sweet	C. Louise Bell (Author)		2
'Tis a weary way	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
'Tis by this sign	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
'Tis easy to fret over troubles	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
To all who have in Christ believed	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
To daily walk by faith, not sight	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Tossing on life's fitful sea	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Traveling the path to Canaan's land	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Uplift the Christ! to men reveal His tenderness and grace	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Walk in the sunlight with Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
We are heralds of a great and free salvation	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We are Jesus' little pilgrims	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We are Jesus' little soldiers	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
We are lambs of the fold, Through the green fields we go	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
We are pupils in life's school	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We come, heavenly Father	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
We gathered with songs of rejoicing	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	2
We march along with battle song	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
We're going to a country where everything is new	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
What are the birdies singing	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
What is heaven, a glorious	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
What of the journey, pilgrim	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
What's thy mission, O my brother	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When heart and brain	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
When my heart is aching, weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When the feet are bruised	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
When the turbulent waves in their fury dash high	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When the weary march is over we shall find the promised rest	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
When you come to snares and pitfalls	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Whene'er my heart grows heavy	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Where do I meet my Savior	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
Whosoever will may come	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
With long lost friends we'll meet	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	2
Would you have your life transfigured	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
Yonder in heathen lands many are waiting	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
You and I can help another	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
You need to be washed in the blood	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		2
You will find the peace which you often crave	Birdie Bell (Author)		2
只一摸，當主正經過 (Zhǐ yī mō, dāng zhǔ zhèng jīngguò)	Birdie Bell (Author)	Chinese	2
A home with Christ the Master	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
A song of joy to all the earth	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
A sower was ending his homeward way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Are you helping somewhere	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Are you looking up for guidance	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Are you ready to start for home, brother?	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
Are you treading in the footsteps	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
As I go along with Jesus, I'm singing	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Beautiful anthem the first Christmas wakened	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Beautiful birds of the wildwood, Teach me the song that	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Can he count on you	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Children heard the call	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Christ is beside thee	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Come back, my sheep far from me straying	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Day dawn of gladness	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Do you often grow discouraged As you climb the upward way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Duties all around you, waiting	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Fly your colors, lift the standard	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Go with the message of light divine	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Hail the morning bright	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Happy in Jesus the whole day through	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
How is your lamp, is it trimmed	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
I own a priceless treasure, 'tis precious to my heart	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
I'll sing the matchless story of Christ	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
In the lands of darkness, far across the sea	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
Jesus geht heute vorbei, mein Freund	Birdie Bell (Author)	German	3
Keep looking up, and tread the path before thee	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Lead us, O Shepherd, each step of the way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Look up when shadows gather near	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
Many are seeking a helper	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
No clouds up there, be trustful	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
No matter if clouds have over shadowed the way	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
No star shines over the restless seas	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Not the way, we often murmur	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
O bring them to Jesus! the wayward the weary	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
Over the town of Bethlehem	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Pilgrim, whither journey you	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Soul, art thou weary because of the journey?	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Step by step and day by day, Traveling on life's pilgrim way	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		3
Tell the gospel story everywhere you go	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
There is a gift of wondrous price	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
There's a blessed Book that's given for the saving of mankind	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Though 'tis hard to part from a friend that's dear	C. Louise Bell (Author)	English	3
Turn away from earth's allurements	C. Louise Bell (Author)		3
Twilight shadows gather round us	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
We are soldiers in the army of the heavenly King	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	3
We are strangers and sojourners traveling to the better land	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
We are traveling the pathway to heaven	Birdie Bell (Author)		3
Where the darkness gathers	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Work in my vineyard the morning is bright	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	3
Art thou sitting by the wayside	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	4
Carry the sunshine wherever you go	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
Conquer the world by kindness	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Dear Savior, as we come today	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Do not chase away the sunbeams	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Faith sees a realm these eyes can never see	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Have you been seeking a Friend that's kind	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
I have felt His guiding hand all the way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
In the morning of life we would serve thee	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Is the battle fierce and long	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Jesus of Nazareth passed my way	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Just to believe that the Lord will receive	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Many on life's pathway murmur and complain	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	4
O there are sheep within the desert	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
O we clasp the hand in gladness	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Once over the hills of Judah	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Over and over I seem to hear	Birdie Bell (Author)		4
Pilgrim, travel stained and weary	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Send salvation's message to the lands afar	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	4
Tell what Jesus does for you	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
There's a blessed story all should hear	C. Louise Bell (Author)		4
What we need in this world is Jesus	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	4
Writing a book as the days go by	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		4
Battle-fought, go forth to the conflict	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		5
Jesus is passing this way, my friend	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	5
Many are longing thy message to hear	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	5
Ring it out in gladness, bells of Eastertide	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	5
There is only one way to the kingdom of God	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	5
A bird that has roamed far away from its nest	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
All who are weary, sad and oppressed	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
Clouds may darken the fairest sky	R. F. R. Bell (Author)		6
Harvest fields are waiting, White the waving grain	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	6
More of thy sunshine in my heart, More of thy love to me impart	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	6
O beautiful palace up yonder!	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	6
Press on dear traveler press thou on	Mrs. J. H. Bell (Author)	English	6
Search for the wandering sheep of the fold	Birdie Bell (Author)		6
Walking in the sunlight, on I go each day	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	6
I'm standing on the Rock of Ages	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	7
Only one story which never grows old	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	7
Tell me the old, old story, Tell it, for 'tis always new	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	8
Why in thy bondage wilt thou stay	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	8
The Shepherd is seeking His wandering sheep	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	9
When the old church bell that we love so well	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	11
Bowed beneath your burden, is there none to share	Birdie Bell (Author)	English	33
Just one touch as He moves along	R. F. R. Bell (Author)	English	54

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