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[I have often been told of a wonderful country]
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55512 33332 12111 Used With Text: The Wonderful Country
[I have often been told of a wonderful country]
The Wonderful Country
Author: C. H. G. Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: I have often been told of a wonderful country Refrain First Line: O wonderful country, home of my Savior Used With Tune: [I have often been told of a wonderful country]
The Wonderful Country
The Wonderful Country
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.2 #96 (1889) First Line: I have often been told of a wonderful country Refrain First Line: O wonderful country, home of my Savior Lyrics: 1 I have often been told of a wonderful country,
A land that no mortal hath seen,
Where rivers of crystal forever are flowing,
Thro’ fields of perpetual green;
The summer and sun are forever unclouded,
And never there falleth the night,
A land where the brightest of flowers are growing,
In gardens eternal and bright.
Refrain:
O wonderful country, home of my Savior,
How I am longing for thee, for thee,
Where never a sorrow or care for the morrow
Shall trouble the blessed and free.
2 They say in that land is a glorious city,
Whose walls are of jasper and gold,
With glittering streets of most wonderful beauty
And wealth that can never be told;
They say the inhabitants never brow weary,
They never know sorrow or care,
That joy without measure and peace everlasting,
Are given the blessed ones there. [Refrain]
3 I read in the Bible the wonderful story,
How Jesus was nailed on the tree,
And how in the bitterest agony dying,
He opened that country to me;
By faith in his love, and the grace that he gives me,
I look to that country divine,
And know that among the rewards there awaiting,
A home and a crown shall be mine. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I have often been told of a wonderful country]
The Wonderful Country
The Wonderful Country
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Revival Praises #175 (1907) First Line: I have often been told of a wonderful country Refrain First Line: O wonderful country, home of my Savior Lyrics: 1 I have often been told of a wonderful country,
A land that no mortal hath seen,
Where rivers of crystal forever are flowing,
Thro' fields of perpetual green:
There summer and sun are forever unclouded,
And never there falleth the night
A land where the brightness of flowers are growing,
In gardens eternal and bright.
Chorus:
O wonderful country, home of my Savior,
How I am longing for thee, for thee,
Where never a sorrow or care for the morrow
Shall trouble the blessed and free.
2 They say in that land is a glorious city,
Whose walls are of jasper and gold,
With glittering streets of most wonderful beauty
And wealth that can never be told:
They say the inhabitants never grow weary,
They never know sorrow or care
That joy without measure and peace everlasting,
Are given the blessed ones there. [Chorus]
3 I read in the Bible the wonderful story,
How Jesus was nailed on the tree,
And how in the bitterest agony dying,
He opened that country to me:
By faith in His love, and the grace that He gives me,
I look to that country divine,
And know that among the rewords there awaiting,
A robe and a crown shall be mine. [Chorus] Tune Title: [I have often been told of a wonderful country]
The Wonderful Country
The Wonderful Country
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: International Praise #160 (1902) First Line: I have often been told of a wonderful country Refrain First Line: O wonderful country, home of my Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [I have often been told of a wonderful country]
The Wonderful Country
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "The Wonderful Country" in Revival Praises Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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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
Chas. H. Gabriel
