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Behold the King

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Behold the king! go forth to meet him Refrain First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him Lyrics: 1 Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! The mighty conq’rer draweth nigh! The waiting, watching millions greet Him With shouts that reach the vaulted sky! He cometh in His fadeless glory, While the attending legion sings With on united voice the story Hosanna to the King of King! Refrain: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! The mighty conq’rer draweth nigh! The waiting, watching millions greet Him With shouts that reach the vaulted sky! He cometh in His fadeless glory, While the attending legion sings, “Hosanna to the Son of David, To the King of kings.” 2 He comes! and every land and nation Shall unto Him their homage pay; He comes! and by His great salvation Shall gain a universal sway; His rule and reign shall be all glorious, For pow’r omnipotent He brings, And all the earth shall sing victorious Hosanna to the King of King! [Refrain] 3 Not by the sword or cannon’s rattle, Not by the force of stern decree, Not by the crash or noise of battle Shall His domain established be; But love and mercy sweetly blending, Shall spread abroad protecting wings, Till this shall be the song transcending:— Hosanna to the King of King! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Behold the king! go forth to meet him]
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[Behold the King! go forth to meet Him]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34456 56553 44565 Used With Text: Behold the King!
[Behold the King! go forth to meet Him]

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Behold the King

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #182 (1913) First Line: Behold the king! go forth to meet him Refrain First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him Lyrics: 1 Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! The mighty conq’rer draweth nigh! The waiting, watching millions greet Him With shouts that reach the vaulted sky! He cometh in His fadeless glory, While the attending legion sings With on united voice the story Hosanna to the King of King! Refrain: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! The mighty conq’rer draweth nigh! The waiting, watching millions greet Him With shouts that reach the vaulted sky! He cometh in His fadeless glory, While the attending legion sings, “Hosanna to the Son of David, To the King of kings.” 2 He comes! and every land and nation Shall unto Him their homage pay; He comes! and by His great salvation Shall gain a universal sway; His rule and reign shall be all glorious, For pow’r omnipotent He brings, And all the earth shall sing victorious Hosanna to the King of King! [Refrain] 3 Not by the sword or cannon’s rattle, Not by the force of stern decree, Not by the crash or noise of battle Shall His domain established be; But love and mercy sweetly blending, Shall spread abroad protecting wings, Till this shall be the song transcending:— Hosanna to the King of King! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold the king! go forth to meet him]
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Behold the King!

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Songs of Conquest #118 (1912) First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him Refrain First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold the King! go forth to meet Him]
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Behold the King

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: World Wide Revival Songs #198 (1915) First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him! Refrain First Line: Behold the King! go forth to meet Him Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold the King! go forth to meet Him!]
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Charlotte G. Homer

1856 - 1932 Author of "Behold the King" in Great Revival Hymns No. 2 Pseudonym. See also Gabriel, Chas. Hutchinson, 1856-1932
Charlotte G. Homer

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Author of "Behold the King" 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
Chas. H. Gabriel

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Behold the king! go forth to meet him]" in Great Revival Hymns No. 2 Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)
B. D. Ackley
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