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My Ever Present Friend

Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day Refrain First Line: In Jesus' love I'm happy all the way

[My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: My Ever Present Friend

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Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #173 (1913) First Line: My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day Refrain First Line: In Jesus' love I'm happy all the way Lyrics: 1 My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day, Whose constant care is keeping me—who will not let me stray; His glories o’er my pathway shine, as on thro’ life I go, And patiently He leads me where the pleasant waters flow. Chorus: In Jesus’ love I’m happy all the way; I have his saving presence all the way; He ever with me walks, And blessedly he talks Of joys that shall be mine on yonder shore; In ev’ry time of trial he’s my Friend, And one who will be faithful to the end; My trust in him is stayed; With him I’m not afraid, And ev’ry day I love him more and more. 2 He knows the weight of ev’ry cross and trial I must bear; I am his child, and am content to trust a Father’s care; His promise is—he never will forsake me to my foes; He wills and guides the storm and tempers ev’ry wind that blows. [Chorus] 3 Why he should love and care for me I cannot understand, But I am fully satisfied to follow his command, To do the work his wisdom has prepared for me to do, To love him, and at all times to be loyal, brave and true. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day]

My ever present friend

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: Nineteen Sunday School Songs #d8 (1913) First Line: My hand is in the hand of him Refrain First Line: In Jesus' love I'm happy

My ever present friend

Author: Charlotte G. Homer; Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: The Ham-Ramsay Revival Hymns, a Collection of High Class Gospel Music #d158 (1915) First Line: My hand is in the hand of him

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Author of "My Ever Present Friend" 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

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[My hand is in the hand of him who guides me day by day]" in Sunday School Voices, No.2 Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)