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Rufus H. McDaniel
1850 - 1940 Person Name: R. H. McDaniel Author of "I Have Been to Jesus" in Williston Hymns Rufus H. McDaniel was ordained in the Christian church in 1873. He found much joy in church music. He began writing hymns in the 1880's. He wrote, "I feel in my soul that God has something for me to do in brightening the experience of struggling souls. My chief desire is to be a blessing, if possible, to my fellow-men through these hymns and thereby glorify God in the name of his dear son 'whose I am and whom I serve.'"
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Rufus H. McDaniel
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, Jr.
1892 - 1934 Person Name: Chas. H. Gabriel, Jr. Composer of "[I have been to Jesus and He saved my soul]" in Williston Hymns Born: March 2, 1892, San Francisco, California.
Pseudonym: Jean Howard.
Gabriel was living with his parents in Cook County, Illinois, in 1910. He was still there in 1920 with his wife Ethel. In 1926, he was musical director and announcer for radio station KLX in Oakland, California. By 1930, he and his wife were in Los Angeles County, California.
The January 30, 1926 issue of Colliers magazine said of him:
"Gabe" has experienced all those changes which the Fates deem necessary to broaden one’s views. He has taught music in the Indianapolis [Indiana] and Northwestern Conservatories; edited mechanical and automobile magazines; traveled with Billy Sunday; been a newspaper reporter; rewrite man; music editor and book reviewer. In his spare time he has managed to produce eight hundred compositions which have been printed. He first became interested in radio when he was appointed director of WGN in Chicago [Illinois].
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, Jr.
