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. All Hail, Thou Son of David! (© 1928)
  2. Beside Blue Galilee (© 1928)
  3. All Things Are Ready
  4. Calling the Prodigal
  5. Growing Dearer Each Day
  6. His Grace Is Sufficient for Me
  7. I Never Will Cease to Love Him
  8. I Stand Amazed in the Presence
  9. I Will Not Forget Thee
  10. Jesus, Blessed Jesus
  11. More Abundantly
  12. Slighted Stranger, The
  13. O That Will Be Glory
  14. Oh, It Is Wonderful
  15. Reapers Are Needed
  16. Receive My Cry (© 1924)
  17. Secret Prayer
  18. Send the Light
  19. Some Glad Morning (© 1926)
  20. Story Never Old, The
  21. What a Savior!
  22. 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. Beautiful Sunshine
  13. Because I Love Jesus
  14. Breath of the Spirit, The
  15. Brighten the Corner Where You Are
  16. Call of the Christ, The
  17. Calling Thee
  18. Carry Your Cross with a Smile
  19. Chios
  20. Christ Shall Be King
  21. Comfort
  22. Coming Home to Thee
  23. Dear Little Strang­er
  24. Erskine
  25. Evening Pray­er, An
  26. Gabriel
  27. Gather the Grain
  28. Get Right with God
  29. Go Forth
  30. Go to the Deeps of God’s Pro­mise
  31. Hanford
  32. He Supplieth All of My Need
  33. He’ll Walk with Me All the Way
  34. Help Somebody To­day
  35. Here Am I, Send Me
  36. Higher Ground
  37. His Eye Is on the Spar­row
  38. Hold Fast
  39. Hold Up the Grand Old Bi­ble
  40. Holy Sab­bath
  41. I Need Jesus (© 1924)
  42. I’ll Be a Voice
  43. In Loving-Kindness Jesus Came
  44. In Thy Holy Keep­ing
  45. Jesus, Rose of Shar­on
  46. Just a Little
  47. Kathrine
  48. Knowhead
  49. Leaving All to Fol­low Je­sus
  50. Let the Joy Over­flow
  51. Let the Sun­shine In
  52. Like Dews of the Morn­ing
  53. Little Sun­beams
  54. Love Led Him to Calvary (© 1924)
  55. Make Him Known
  56. Make Somebody Happy Today
  57. My Only Plea
  58. Não tardará a volta do Senhor
  59. Lansing
  60. Loy­alty unto Christ
  61. No Other Sto­ry
  62. Only in Thee
  63. Our Land for Christ
  64. Over and Over Again
  65. Pentecostal Pow­er
  66. Power of the Holy Ghost, The
  67. Pray, Pray
  68. Pressly
  69. Precious to Me
  70. Sail On!
  71. Sarah
  72. Since Jesus Came into My Heart
  73. Sing Away the Shadows
  74. Singing, Speaking, Praying
  75. Sinner Made Whole, A
  76. Some Bright Morning (© 1926)
  77. Someone Is Look­ing to You
  78. Tacoma
  79. There Is Glo­ry in My Soul
  80. Thy Bro­ther Calls to Thee
  81. Thy King­dom Come
  82. Up and On­ward
  83. Volunteers for Service
  84. Way of the Cross
  85. When I Look in His Face
  86. Where the Gates Swing Out­ward Ne­ver
  87. Will the Cir­cle Be Un­brok­en?