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[We’re drawing near to Jesus]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55332 21117 61555 Used With Text: Our Watchword

Our watchword

Author: Silas Farmer Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: We're drawing near to Jesus Refrain First Line: We'll work until we die Used With Tune: [We're drawing near to Jesus]

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Author: Silas Farmer Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13005 First Line: We’re drawing near to Jesus Refrain First Line: We’ll work until we die Lyrics: 1 We’re drawing near to Jesus, Our banner waves on high; And this our watchword ever, We’ll work until we die. Refrain: We’ll work until we die; The banner of our captain Through the conflict we will bear; We’ll work until we die, And then go home our crowns to wear. 2 We love our Master’s service, And, seeing eye to eye, With grace divine to help us, We’ll work until we die. [Refrain] 3 The fields are white to harvest, The days are speeding by; Go forth again, ye workers, And work until ye die. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We’re drawing near to Jesus]

Our Watchword

Author: Silas Farmer Hymnal: Fillmores' Women's Choir, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Combined #60 (1901) First Line: We're drawing near to Jesus Refrain First Line: We'll work until we die Languages: English Tune Title: [We're drawing near to Jesus]

Our watchword

Author: Silas Farmer Hymnal: Special Songs #84 (1898) First Line: We're drawing near to Jesus Refrain First Line: We'll work until we die Languages: English Tune Title: [We're drawing near to Jesus]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[We're drawing near to Jesus]" in Special 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

Silas Farmer

1839 - 1902 Author of "Our watchword" in Special Songs Born: June 6, 1839. Detroit, Michigan. Died: December 28, 1902, Detroit, Michigan. Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan. Son of John Farmer & Roxanna Hamilton, Silas became City Historiographer of Detroit, Michigan, in 1882. His works include: Association Hymn Book: Compiled for Young Men’s Christian Associations and Union Religious Meetings (Detroit, Michigan: J. M. Arnold & Company, 1869) Illustrated Guide and Souvenir of Detroit, circa 1878 History of Detroit and Michigan/, 1884 History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan, 1890 All About Cleveland All About Detroit, circa 1899 Souvenir of the Pointe: Grosse Pointe on Lake Saint Claire www.hymntime.com/tch