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Sing to the Lord

Author: John O. Foster Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays Refrain First Line: Sing on, sing on

[Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 11112 34556 53531 Used With Text: Sing to the Lord

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Author: Rev. Jno. O. Foster, A. M. Hymnal: Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One #103 (1900) First Line: Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays Refrain First Line: Sing on, sing on Lyrics: Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays, With voice of song in loudest praise, Sing how He saves the trusting soul, While raging waves around it roll. Chorus: Sing on, sing on, O sing the song of endless love, Sing on, sing on, O sing the song of endless love. Sing in the deepest shade of gloom, When friends are carried to the tomb; And tho’ the loved ones may depart, Sing on, with cheerful, loving heart. Your song shall echo from the shore, Where beams of life forever pour; And from that realm where songs abound, Your songs of praises may resound. Then sweetly sing the songs below Where tides of praises ever flow, Till with the hosts that sing above, You sing the songs of endless love. Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays]

Sing on, sing on

Author: John O. Foster Hymnal: Vineyard Songs #d96 (1892) First Line: Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Sing to the Lord in sweetest lays]" in Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One 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