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[This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 55556 66616 55555 Used With Text: Coming to Jesus

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross Refrain First Line: We're coming to thee, we're coming to thee Used With Tune: [This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross]

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Coming to Jesus

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #32 (1878) First Line: This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross Refrain First Line: We're coming to thee, we're coming to thee Languages: English Tune Title: [This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross]

Coming to Jesus

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: New Spiritual Songs #32 (1887) First Line: This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross Refrain First Line: We're coming to thee, we're coming to thee Languages: English Tune Title: [This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Author of "Coming to Jesus" in Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School 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

J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[This world, blessed Savior, is nothing but dross]" in Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch