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The Gospel Bells

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells Used With Tune: [O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells]

[O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: The Gospel Bells

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Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Gospel Hymn Selections for Male Voices #12 (1896) First Line: O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells Languages: English Tune Title: [O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells]

The Gospel Bells

Author: Ada Blenkhorn Hymnal: Salvation Songs #124 (1895) First Line: O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells Languages: English Tune Title: [O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[O hear the chime of gospel bells, sweet gospel bells]" in Salvation Songs 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

Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Author of "The Gospel Bells" Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry