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[I cannot see beyond today]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: I Can Trust

I Can Trust

Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I cannot see beyond today Used With Tune: [I cannot see beyond today]

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Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #205 (1915) First Line: I cannot see beyond today Lyrics: 1 I cannot see beyond today, But I can trust That He who guides me all the way Is wise and just. And He will let no tempest wild O’erwhelm His child, o’erwhelm His child. 2 I cannot see the far-off land; But over there, Built by my Father’s loving hand Are mansions fair; And God will welcome when I come, His child at home, His child at home. 3 I cannot know the realms of space From star to star; But this I know, God’s wondrous grace Can reach as far; And yet it cares for even me, Where’er I be, where’er I be. 4 I may not know the reason why Of simple things; But o’er the greatest I can fly On faith’s strong wings. And live a life of trust and love In God above, in God above. Languages: English Tune Title: [I cannot see beyond today]

I Can Trust

Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Hymnal: Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #96 (1918) First Line: I cannot see beyond today Tune Title: [I cannot see beyond today]

I Can Trust

Author: William C. Poole Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #143 (1921) First Line: I cannot see beyond today Topics: Guidance and Leading; Trust and Belief Languages: English Tune Title: [I cannot see beyond today]

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William C. Poole

1875 - 1949 Person Name: Rev. W. C. Poole Author of "I Can Trust" in Alexander's Hymns No. 3 William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[I cannot see beyond today]" in Alexander's Hymns No. 3 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