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[The Master has gone to a distant country]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55345 33216 71534 Used With Text: May I be Faithful

Author: C. H. G. Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Used With Tune: [The Master has gone to a distant country]

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May I Be Faithful

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Assembly Songs #19 (1910) First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Lyrics: 1 The Master has gone to a distant country And left me a charge to keep, A work in His vineyard, a field for reaping, A shepherd to guard His sheep. Refrain: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me; Constant in service, Earnest in all that I do; May I be faithful! Out in the field may He find me, When He returneth, patient and loyal and true. 2 There’s labor for me that no other can do, A place I alone can fill; Then why should I not be among the chosen, Rejoicing to do his will? [Refrain] 3 Shall others go forth to the field of harvest While I with the idlers stand? The talent He gave me, shall I not use it, In following His command? [Refrain] 4 The day that shall break for my Lord’s appearing, He hath not revealed to me, Yet if He but find me a faithful servant A glorious day ‘twill be. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master has gone to a distant country]

May I be Faithful

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #80 (1913) First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Lyrics: 1 The Master has gone to a distant country And left me a charge to keep, A work in His vineyard, a field for reaping, A shepherd to guard His sheep. Chorus: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me; Constant in service Earnest in all that I do; May I be faithful! Out in the field may He find me, When He returneth, patient and loyal and true! 2 There's labor for me that no other can do, A place I alone can fill; Then why should I not be among the chosen, Rejoicing to do His will? [Chorus] 3 Shall others go forth to the field of harvest While I with the idlers stand? The talent He gave me, shall I not use it, In following His command? [Chorus] 4 The day that shall break for my Lord's appearing, He hath not revealed to me, Yet if He but find me a faithful servant A glorious day 'twill be, [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master has gone to a distant country]

May I be Faithful

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Kingdom Songs #15 (1915) First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master has gone to a distant country]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "May I Be Faithful" in Assembly Songs 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