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[Sing away the shadows]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 56565 33265 56765 Used With Text: Sing Away the Shadows

Sing Away the Shadows

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: Sing away, sing away Used With Tune: [Sing away the shadows]

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Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5932 Refrain First Line: Sing away, sing away Lyrics: 1. Sing away the shadows, Flitting o’er the sky; Sing of starry comforts, In the by and by! Sing of love unfailing, Mercies ever new; Pardon, peace and blessing, Guidance kind and true. Refrain Sing away, sing away, Hopeful be the lay; Sing away the shadows, Flitting o’er the sky; Sing away, sing away, Trusting ev’ry day; Sing of starry comforts In the by and by. 2. Sing away the shadows, Anxious doubt and fear; Sing the Savior’s promise, Bringing sweetest cheer: Trust the heav’nly Father, He for you will care More than for the sparrows, Or the lilies fair. [Refrain] 3. Sing away the shadows, Selfish they may be; Love’s own happy music Brings the light so free, Lift another’s burden, Soothe another’s woe, Sharing with your neighbor, Joy’s returning glow. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing away the shadows]

Sing Away the Shadows

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Living Praise #132 (1902) Refrain First Line: Sing away, sing away Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing away the shadows]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[Sing away the shadows]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt Author of "Sing Away the Shadows" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)