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Conscience bells

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There is work awaiting you Refrain First Line: Hear the bells of conscience ringing

[There is work awaiting you]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 51323 51232 1246 Used With Text: Conscience Bells

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Author: Jennie Ree Hymnal: Williston Hymns #135 (1917) First Line: There is work awaiting you Refrain First Line: Hear the bells of conscience ringing as the days go by Lyrics: 1 There is work awaiting you That no other one can do, Will you listen to the bells of conscience ring? They have rung for you before, Heed them, lest they ring no more, For their message is an order from the King. Refrain: Hear the bells of conscience ringing as they days go by, Wait no longer, give today your heart’s reply; To their calling now take heed! All around you there is need That your hand alone is able to supply. 2 Falling softly on the ear, Or with clanging, loud and clear, They are telling of a work that must be done; It may mean a sacrifice! But, no matter what the price, Your reward will be the greater when ‘tis won. [Refrain] 3 Scatter deeds of love and cheer, Brush away a falling tear, Feed the hungry, lead the blind, support the lame; As the widow’s mite of old Far exceeded gifts of gold, So may yours, if given in His blessed name. [Refrain] Tune Title: [There is work awaiting you]

Conscience bells

Author: Jennie Ree Hymnal: The Message in Song Nos. 1 & 2 #d208 (1914) First Line: There is work awaiting you Refrain First Line: Hear the bells of conscience ringing Languages: English

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[There is work awaiting you]" in Williston Hymns 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)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Author of "Conscience bells" 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