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[I would be a little sunbeam]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53227 15757 24323 Used With Text: I Would Be A Little Sunbeam

I Would Be a Little Sunbeam

Author: Miriam E. Arnold Appears in 9 hymnals Refrain First Line: Shining, shining Used With Tune: [I would be a little sunbeam]

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Author: Miriam E. Arnold Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10507 Refrain First Line: Shining, shining Lyrics: 1 I would be a little sunbeam, Shining brightly all the day, With its light and joy and gladness, Driving all the clouds away. Refrain: Shining, shining, Shining ever bright and fair; Shining, shining, Shedding sunlight everywhere; Shining every day for Jesus, Like a sunbeam pure and fair; Driving out the gloom and sadness, Shedding sunlight everywhere. 2 I would be a little sunbeam, And with happy smile or song, Cheer the hearts of those around me— Make them cheerful, brave and strong. [Refrain] 3 I would be a little sunbeam, Help me, Jesus, so to shine; May the light of Thy dear Spirit Fill this little heart of mine. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be a little sunbeam]

I Would be a Little Sunbeam

Author: Miriam E. Arnold Hymnal: Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #51 (1903) Refrain First Line: Shining, shining Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be a little sunbeam]

I Would Be a Little Sunbeam

Author: Miriam E. Arnold Hymnal: Jehovah's Praise #95 (1925) Refrain First Line: Shining, shining Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be a little sunbeam]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[I would be a little sunbeam]" 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

Miriam E. Arnold

Author of "I Would Be A Little Sunbeam" in The Cyber Hymnal Miriam E. Arnold was born in England, but moved with her parents at the age of five. They settled in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Her family was deeply religious. Her first poem was published in 1895 and she continued to write about 100 others, almost all of which 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)