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Author: Moses Gage Shirley Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep Used With Tune: [Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep]

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[Some day the sun of life shall set, and I shall fall asleep]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 32354 12343 25217 Used With Text: When I Shall Fall Asleep

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When I Shall Fall Asleep

Author: Moses G. Shirley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7323 First Line: Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep Lyrics: 1. Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep, And, leaving all that I hold dear, will find the silence deep: That mystery which, still unsolved, God and His angels know, And those who walk the crystal streams where heav’nly breezes blow, Where grief nor sorrow ever come, nor trouble’s billows sweep; Some day the Reaper will appear, and I shall fall asleep. 2. Some day the cares of life will cease, and I shall fall asleep, And, passing from you, I shall see afar the golden street, And sainted forms of those who dwell upon the other shore, Behold the loves ones who from us awhile have gone before; Where soft and cooling pathways lie, where none shall ever weep— Some day the hour for me will come, and I shall fall asleep. 3. Some day my work will all be done, and I shall fall asleep, But O what joy to know that I shall wake to never weep! For where I go we know that God has promised perfect rest And peace for every aching heart, and every troubled breast; And love more lasting than our own He’ll give to me to keep, When all my burdens are laid down, and I have gone to sleep. Languages: English Tune Title: [Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep]

When I Shall Fall Asleep

Author: Moses Gage Shirley Hymnal: The World Revival Songs and Hymns #63 (1906) First Line: Some day the sun of life will set Languages: English Tune Title: [Some day the sun of life will set]

When I Shall Fall Asleep

Author: Moses Gage Shirley Hymnal: Song Praises #104 (1906) First Line: Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep Languages: English Tune Title: [Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[Some day the sun of life will set, and I shall fall asleep]" 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

Moses Gage Shirley

1865 - 1965 Person Name: Moses G. Shirley Author of "When I Shall Fall Asleep" in The Cyber Hymnal Moses Gage Shirley was born at Goffstown, N.H. 15 May 1865. His poems are about truth, justice and righteousness. A few of his poems have been set to music. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)