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Choosing the Hill Country

Author: Harry Malcolm Chalfant Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: For conquered fields I do not ask Refrain First Line: Give me the field of labor

[For conquered fields I do not ask]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 53455 55553 45671 Used With Text: Choosing the Hill Country

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Author: Harry Malcolm Chalfant Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #821 First Line: For conquered fields I do not ask Refrain First Line: Give me the field of labor Lyrics: 1. For conquered fields I do not ask, From toil and tears I would not flee; Nor do I seek the easy task, The hilly land my choice would be. The foe is there, and lo, his sword Is drawn, the land he will not yield; But God is faithful and His Word Shall be my fortress and my shield. Refrain Give me the field of labor, Let me work till set of sun, That when the Master cometh, He may say, Well done! 2. I do not ask that He will give The milk and honey of the land; I do not ask that I may live In gilded home or palace grand. The threat’ning storm I do not fear, The thorny path I would not shun, But only plead that He might hear My prayer for strength the race to run. [Refrain] 3. If disappointment be my lot, And scornful foes distress my life, I trust in Him, He fails me not, But grants me peace in midst of strife. Thus shall my days glide swiftly on, Till in this world I cease to roam, Till sights and sounds of time are gone, And I have reached my endless home. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [For conquered fields I do not ask]

Choosing the Hill Country

Author: Harry Malcolm Chalfant Hymnal: The Victory #82 (1908) First Line: For conquer'd fields I do not ask Refrain First Line: Give me the field of labor Languages: English Tune Title: [For conquer'd fields I do not ask]

Choosing the Hill Country

Author: Harry Malcolm Chalfant Hymnal: Service in Song #104 (1909) First Line: For conquer'd fields I do not ask Refrain First Line: Give me the field of labor Languages: English Tune Title: [For conquer'd fields I do not ask]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[For conquered fields I do not ask]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

Harry Malcolm Chalfant

1869 - 1932 Author of "Choosing the Hill Country" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: June 26, 1869, Greenfield, Pennsylvania. Died: November 10, 1932, Washington County, Pennsylvania, of pneumonia. Buried: Bridgeport Borough, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Chalfant, a minister in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was a co-founder of the Anti-Saloon League. His works include: Father Penn and John Barleycorn & These Agitators and Their Ideas (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Evangelical Press, 1920) --www.hymntime.com/tch/