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[You know that Christ is pleading]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: The Safest Time is Now

The Safest Time is Now

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: You know that Christ is pleading Used With Tune: [You know that Christ is pleading]

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The King of Glory #147 (1918) First Line: You know that Christ is pleading Lyrics: 1 You know that Christ is pleading From day to day with you, You know that you are needing His peace and pardon too; And yet your heart you harden And tho’ ashamed you say I’ll ask Him for His pardon And peace some other day. Refrain: The safest time is now, The safest time is now, For “some other day” death may bear you away; The safest time is now. 2 You know that sin is staining Your everlasting soul That daily it is gaining A more complete control; And yet you grieve the Savior By turning Him away, Repeating weakly ever, “I’ll yield some other day.” [Refrain] 3 O soul exert your power, Shake off the grasp of sin, Before it sinks you lower, Be strong, be brave, give in, Begin the life worth living, Choose now the better way; Your hand to Jesus giving Say “Lord I come today.” [Refrain] Tune Title: [You know that Christ is pleading]

The Safest Time is Now

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Calvary's Praises #147 (1917) First Line: You know that Christ is pleading Languages: English Tune Title: [You know that Christ is pleading]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "The Safest Time is Now" in Calvary's Praises Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[You know that Christ is pleading]" in Calvary's Praises 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