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Come, Almighty Spirit

Author: Flora L. Best Harris Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Swift as storm wind from the skies Refrain First Line: Promise of the Lord ascending

[Swift as storm-wind from the skies]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 33116 15522 31113 Used With Text: Come, Almighty Spirit

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Come, almight Spirit

Author: Flora L. Best Harris Hymnal: All Hail #d173 (1900) First Line: Swift as storm winds Refrain First Line: Promise of the Lord Languages: English

Author: Mrs. Flora B. Harris Hymnal: Victory Bells #16 (1900) First Line: Swift as storm-wind from the skies Refrain First Line: Promise of the Lord ascending Languages: English Tune Title: [Swift as storm-wind from the skies]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Swift as storm-wind from the skies]" in Victory Bells 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

F. B. Harris

1850 - 1909 Person Name: Flora L. Best Harris Author of "Come, almight Spirit" in All Hail Birth: 1850, USA Death: Sep., 1909 Flora Lydia (Best) Harris was the daughter of Dr. David and Elizabeth (Lockart) Best. She was the 1st wife of Rev. Bishop Merriman Colbert Harris. He was a minister in the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a writer and wrote on Japanese themes. In 1891 she translated the 10th century classic 'Tosa Niki' ('Diary or Log of a Journey From Tosa to Kyoto'). Mary Jane Haight-Eckert on Find A Grave web site