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At the Place of Prayer

Author: Avis B. Christiansen Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep Refrain First Line: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer!

[When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway step]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 12333 21235 55566 Used With Text: At the Place of Prayer

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Author: Avis M. Christiansen Hymnal: Victory Songs #86 (1920) First Line: When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep Refrain First Line: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! Lyrics: 1 When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep, When the night grows dreary, and the shadows deep, There's a refuge open, blessed haven fair-- There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! Chorus: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! There is balm for sorrow, there is rest from care; There is perfect peace and joy beyond compare, There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! 2 When the old-time power seems forever gone, When the world forgets you as it rushes on; When you fast are sinking into deep despair-- There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! [Chorus] 3 Jesus waits to take you in His arms of love From the lonely valley to the heights above; You will find sweet comfort in His presence there-- There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! [Chorus] Topics: Devotional Languages: English Tune Title: [When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep]

At the Place of Prayer

Author: Avis M. Christiansen Hymnal: Joyful Praise #86 (1920) First Line: When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep Refrain First Line: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! Languages: English Tune Title: [When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep]

At the Place of Prayer

Author: Avis M. Christiansen Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #160 (1925) First Line: When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway step Refrain First Line: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway step]

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Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Person Name: Avis M. Christiansen Author of "At the Place of Prayer." in Victory Songs Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep]" in Victory 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