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What have I done for thee, O Christ

Author: Mrs. Lue M. Hoffman Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

MELITA

Appears in 510 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Incipit: 13355 66551 27554 Used With Text: What have I done for thee, O Christ

[What have I done for Thee, Oh Christ]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Incipit: 32343 32156 11653 Used With Text: What Have I Done for Thee, Oh! Christ

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What Have I Done for Thee, Oh! Christ

Author: Mrs. Lee M. O. Hoffman Hymnal: Songs of the Sun Bright Clime #11 (1881) First Line: What have I done for Thee, Oh Christ Languages: English Tune Title: [What have I done for Thee, Oh Christ]

What have I done for thee, O Christ

Author: Mrs. Lue M. Hoffman Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal #366 (1887) Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA

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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Composer of "MELITA" in The Christian Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "[What have I done for Thee, Oh Christ]" in Songs of the Sun Bright Clime 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

Sue M. O. Hoffman

1844 - 1876 Person Name: Mrs. Lue M. Hoffman Author of "What have I done for thee, O Christ" in The Christian Hymnal Susan’s husband was song writer Elisha Hoffman. Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, is named after her family. Lyrics God Is Coming Music: SAN JOSE --www.hymntime.com/tch ================= Sister of Aaron W. Orwig.