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[I have no merit of my own]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 33551 17744 67553 Used With Text: Jesus Saves Me

Jesus Saves Me

Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: I have no merit of my own Refrain First Line: Jesus saves me, I am happy on my homeward way! Used With Tune: [I have no merit of my own]

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Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.4 #43 (1894) First Line: I have no merit of my own Lyrics: 1 I have no merit of my own, My only plea is Jesus! I’m saved by Him and Him alone, My only plea is Jesus! Refrain: Jesus saves me, I am happy on my homeward way! Yes, Jesus saves me, Glory to His name! 2 He is the Truth, the Life, the Way, My only plea is Jesus! It fills my soul with joy to say, My only plea is Jesus! [Refrain] 3 When in the Judgment I shall stand, My only plea is Jesus! I shall be safe at God’s right hand, My only plea is Jesus! [Refrain] Tune Title: [I have no merit of my own]

Jesus Saves Me

Hymnal: Salvation Songs #95 (1895) First Line: I have no merit of my own Refrain First Line: Jesus saves me, I am happy on my homeward way! Languages: English Tune Title: [I have no merit of my own]

Jesus Saves Me

Hymnal: Kindly Light #91 (1896) First Line: I have no merit of my own Languages: English Tune Title: [I have no merit of my own]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[I have no merit of my own]" in Triumphant Songs No.4 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