Born: Au­gust 18, 1856, Wil­ton, Io­wa.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 15, 1932, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia.

Buried: Gabriel’s ash­es were in­terred at the Cha­pel of the Pines, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­forn­ia.

Pseudonyms

  • H. A. Hen­ry
  • Char­lotte G. Hom­er
  • S. B. Jack­son

Growing up on an Io­wa farm, Ga­bri­el taught him­self to play the fam­i­ly’s reed or­gan. He be­gan teach­ing in sing­ing schools by age 16, and be­came well known as a teach­er and com­pos­er. He served as mu­sic di­rect­or at Grace Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church, San Fran­cis­co, Cal­i­for­nia (1890-2), then moved to Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. In 1912 he be­gan work­ing with Hom­er Ro­de­heav­er’s pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. His ed­it­ed some 43 song books, 7 men’s chor­us books, 19 an­them col­lect­ions, and 23 can­ta­tas. His works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abide with Me
  2. All Hail, Thou Son of David! (© 1928)
  3. Beside Blue Galilee (© 1928)
  4. All Things Are Ready
  5. Calling the Prodigal
  6. Growing Dearer Each Day
  7. His Grace Is Sufficient for Me
  8. I Never Will Cease to Love Him
  9. I Stand Amazed in the Presence
  10. I Will Not Forget Thee
  11. Jesus, Blessed Jesus
  12. More Abundantly
  13. Slighted Stranger, The
  14. O That Will Be Glory
  15. Oh, It Is Wonderful
  16. On to the Front!
  17. Reapers Are Needed
  18. Receive My Cry (© 1924)
  19. Secret Prayer
  20. Send the Light
  21. Some Glad Morning (© 1926)
  22. Story Never Old, The
  23. What a Savior!
  24. Wonderful Story, The

Music

  1. Adowa
  2. All Hail to Thee, Immanuel!
  3. Americus
  4. Are You Ready for the Coming?
  5. Are You Winning Souls?
  6. Arles
  7. Aspinwall
  8. As a Volunteer
  9. Avondale
  10. Awakening Chorus
  11. Be Not Afraid
  12. Be with Us Still
  13. Beautiful Sunshine
  14. Because I Love Jesus
  15. Breath of the Spirit, The
  16. Brighten the Corner Where You Are
  17. Call of the Christ, The
  18. Calling Thee
  19. Carry Your Cross with a Smile
  20. Chios
  21. Christ Shall Be King
  22. Comfort
  23. Coming Home to Thee
  24. Dear Little Strang­er
  25. Erskine
  26. Evening Pray­er, An
  27. Gabriel
  28. Gather the Grain
  29. Get Right with God
  30. Go Forth
  31. Go to the Deeps of God’s Pro­mise
  32. Hanford
  33. He Supplieth All of My Need
  34. He’ll Walk with Me All the Way
  35. Help Somebody To­day
  36. Here Am I, Send Me
  37. Higher Ground
  38. His Eye Is on the Spar­row
  39. Hoffman
  40. Hold Fast
  41. Hold Up the Grand Old Bi­ble
  42. Holy Sab­bath
  43. I Need Jesus (© 1924)
  44. I’ll Be a Voice
  45. In Loving-Kindness Jesus Came
  46. In Thy Holy Keep­ing
  47. Jesus, Rose of Shar­on
  48. Just a Little
  49. Kathrine
  50. Knowhead
  51. Lansing
  52. Leaving All to Fol­low Je­sus
  53. Let the Joy Over­flow
  54. Let the Sun­shine In
  55. Like Dews of the Morn­ing
  56. Little Sun­beams
  57. Love Led Him to Calvary (© 1924)
  58. Loy­alty unto Christ
  59. Make Him Known
  60. Make Somebody Happy Today
  61. My Only Plea
  62. Não tardará a volta do Senhor
  63. No Other Sto­ry
  64. Nobody Like Jesus
  65. Only in Thee
  66. Onward, Ev­er On­ward!
  67. Our Land for Christ
  68. Over and Over Again
  69. Pentecostal Pow­er
  70. Power of the Holy Ghost, The
  71. Pray, Pray
  72. Pressly
  73. Precious to Me
  74. Sail On!
  75. Sarah
  76. Since Jesus Came into My Heart
  77. Sing Away the Shadows
  78. Singing, Speaking, Praying
  79. Sinner Made Whole, A
  80. Some Bright Morning (© 1926)
  81. Someone Is Look­ing to You
  82. Tacoma
  83. There Is Glo­ry in My Soul
  84. Thy Bro­ther Calls to Thee
  85. Thy King­dom Come
  86. Up and On­ward
  87. Volunteers for Service
  88. Way of the Cross
  89. When I Look in His Face
  90. Where the Gates Swing Out­ward Ne­ver
  91. Will the Cir­cle Be Un­brok­en?