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Make Somebody Happy Today

Author: Calia Altstaetter Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: If your own sorrows you want to forget Used With Tune: [If your own sorrows you want to forget]

[If your own sorrows you want to forget]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 32312 36555 23432 Used With Text: Make Somebody Happy Today

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Author: Calia Altstaetter Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4149 First Line: If your own sorrows you want to forget Lyrics: 1. If your own sorrows you want to forget, Make somebody happy today; If in your heart you would know no regret, Make somebody happy today. Others near by you may be in despair, Struggling ’neath crosses so heavy to bear; They may take heart, if you show that you care— Make somebody happy today. Refrain Make somebody happy today. O sing a glad song on your way; The good that you do brings blessing to you, Make somebody happy today. 2. If you seek pleasure no trouble can mar, Make somebody happy today; You’ll find it waiting you, right where you are, Make somebody happy today. Is your life darkened by hopes that were vain? Go help another his goal to attain! What you have lost, by your help he may gain— Make somebody happy today. [Refrain] 3. Do not complain that you’ve nothing to give, Make somebody happy today; Do your whole duty, and preach as you live, Make somebody happy today. Though you have only a smile, or a flower, Give it, and speak of His love, of His power; You may cheer many a pain-weary hour— Make somebody happy today. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [If your own sorrows you want to forget]

Make Somebody Happy Today

Author: Calia Altstaetter Hymnal: The Gospel in Song #26 (1929) First Line: If your own sorrows you want to forget Languages: English Tune Title: [If your own sorrows you want to forget]

Make Somebody Happy Today

Author: Calia Altstaetter Hymnal: Praise Ye the Lord #60 (1940) First Line: If your own sorrows you want to forget Languages: English Tune Title: [If your own sorrows you want to forget]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[If your own sorrows you want to forget]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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