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God Is Love

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze Refrain First Line: Sweetest words below, above Used With Tune: [Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze]

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[Whisper'd by the evening breeze]

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Beethoven Incipit: 51712 34255 55666 Used With Text: God Is Love

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God Is Love

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Sing His Praise #25 (1902) First Line: Whisper'd by the evening breeze Refrain First Line: Sweetest words below, above Topics: Sing His Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Whisper'd by the evening breeze]

God Is Love

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Sunshine #1 (1895) First Line: Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze Refrain First Line: Sweetest words below,—above Lyrics: 1 Whisper’d by the ev’ning breeze, Chanted in the stately trees, Sung by brooklet in the vale, Shouted in the raging gale, Hear it ringing:—“God is love!” Gladness bringing, “God is love!” Refrain: Sweetest words below,—above, “God is wisdom, God is love.” 2 In the silence of the night, In the busy morning light, In the murm’rings on the shore, In the crashing thunder’s roar, Hear it pealing:— “God is love!” Softly stealing, “God is love!” [Refrain] 3 ‘Tis the them of bird and bee, Flow’r, and breeze, and land, and sea; Ev’ry thing in rapture cries, And the answer from the skies, Tells the story:— “God is love!” Speaks His glory, “God is love!” [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze]

God Is Love

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: Little Branches No. 3 #20 (1899) First Line: Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze Refrain First Line: Sweetest words below, above Languages: English Tune Title: [Whisper'd by the ev'ning breeze]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Author of "God Is Love" in Sing His Praise 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

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Composer of "[Whisper'd by the evening breeze]" in Sing His Praise A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman