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Author: Rev. W. R. Fitch Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear Refrain First Line: It is a precious Book indeed Used With Tune: [Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear]

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[Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: The Old Family Bible

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The Old Family Bible

Author: Rev. W. R. Fitch Hymnal: Loyal Praise #140 (1907) First Line: Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear Refrain First Line: It is a precious Book indeed Languages: English Tune Title: [Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear]

The old family Bible

Author: W. R. Fitch Hymnal: Living Praise No. 2 #d145 (1906) First Line: Of all my eathly treasures Refrain First Line: It is a precious Book indeed Languages: English

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Of all my earthly treasures there is none to me so dear]" in Loyal Praise 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

Warren R. Fitch

1836 - 1917 Person Name: Rev. W. R. Fitch Author of "The Old Family Bible" in Loyal Praise Born: December 1, 1836, Rodman, New York. Died: February 28, 1917, Lowville, New York. A Methodist Episcopal minister, Fitch ran general stores in Morristown and Briar Hill, New York. He served as Justice of the Peace, Town Supervisor, and Postmaster at Brier Hill, and as treasurer of the Thousand Island Park Association. He also edited the Lowville Times, and wrote religious and other poetry. --www.hymntime.com/tch/