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[Tho' we are but little children]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 35651 21746 76654 Used With Text: Shine Out for Jesus

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Leuchten für Jesus

Author: C. F. Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Sind wir auch nur kleine Kinder Used With Tune: [Sind wir auch nur kleine Kinder]
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Shine Out for Jesus

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Tho' we are but little children Refrain First Line: Shine out for Jesus! Used With Tune: [Tho' we are but little children]

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Shine Out for Jesus

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: Temple Echoes #2 (1896) First Line: Tho' we are but little children Refrain First Line: Shine out for Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' we are but little children]
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Shine Out for Jesus

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: Children's Praises #2 (1896) First Line: Tho' we are but little children Refrain First Line: Shine out for Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' we are but little children]
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Shine Out for Jesus

Author: Wm. H. Gardner Hymnal: Spirit and Life No. 2 #43 (1895) First Line: Tho' we are but little children Refrain First Line: Shine out for Jesus! Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' we are but little children]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Tho' we are but little children]" in Temple Echoes 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

William Henry Gardner

Person Name: Wm. H. Gardner Author of "Shine Out for Jesus" in Temple Echoes Late 19th Century

C. Fistler

Person Name: C. F. Author of "Leuchten für Jesus" in Jugendklänge
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