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[What is sweeter, tell me]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 53213 34561 55212 Used With Text: Rose, Rose, Rose

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: What is sweeter, tell me Refrain First Line: Rose, rose, rose, Prettiest flow'r that grows Lyrics: 1 What is sweeter, tell me, Than a pretty rose? Fragrant in its beauty, Loveliest flow’r that grows. Refrain: Rose, rose, rose, Prettiest flow’r that grows, Emblem of love that came from Heaven, Thro' which a Savior, Christ, was given; Rose, rose, rose, Not till the whole world knows Of my dear Savior King, Will I cease to sing, Sweet rose, rose, rose. 2 If a rose could whisper, Could it, think you, tell Of that blessed country Where the angels dwell? [Refrain] 3 Jesus, keep me ever Like unto this flow’r— Pure and sweet and modest, Every day and hour. [Refrain] Topics: Children's Songs Used With Tune: [What is sweeter, tell me]

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Rose, Rose, Rose

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Timeless Truths #34 Meter: 6.5.6.5.3.5.9.9.3.5.6.5.4 First Line: What is sweeter, tell me Lyrics: 1 What is sweeter, tell me, Than a pretty rose? Fragrant in its beauty, Loveliest flow’r that grows. Refrain: Rose, rose, rose, Prettiest flow’r that grows, Emblem of love that came from heaven, Through which a Savior, Christ, was given; Rose, rose, rose, Not till the whole world knows Of my dear Savior King, Will I cease to sing, Sweet rose, rose, rose. 2 If a rose could whisper, Could it, think you, tell Of that blessed country Where the angels dwell? [Refrain] 3 Jesus, keep me ever Like unto this flow’r— Pure and sweet and modest, Every day and hour. [Refrain] Scripture: Song of Solomon 2:1 Tune Title: [What is sweeter, tell me]

Rose, Rose, Rose

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #176 (1916) First Line: What is sweeter, tell me Refrain First Line: Rose, rose, rose, Prettiest flow'r that grows Lyrics: 1 What is sweeter, tell me, Than a pretty rose? Fragrant in its beauty, Loveliest flow’r that grows. Refrain: Rose, rose, rose, Prettiest flow’r that grows, Emblem of love that came from Heaven, Thro' which a Savior, Christ, was given; Rose, rose, rose, Not till the whole world knows Of my dear Savior King, Will I cease to sing, Sweet rose, rose, rose. 2 If a rose could whisper, Could it, think you, tell Of that blessed country Where the angels dwell? [Refrain] 3 Jesus, keep me ever Like unto this flow’r— Pure and sweet and modest, Every day and hour. [Refrain] Topics: Children's Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [What is sweeter, tell me]

Rose, Rose, Rose

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #s70 (1913) First Line: What is sweeter, tell me Languages: English Tune Title: [What is sweeter, tell me]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "Rose, Rose, Rose" in Timeless Truths 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