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May I Be Faithful
Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Appears in 15 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Lyrics: 1 The Master has gone to a distant country
And left me a charge to keep,
A work in His vineyard, a field for reaping,
A shepherd to guard His sheep.
Refrain:
May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me;
Constant in service
Earnest in all that I do;
May I be faithful!
Out in the field may He find me,
When He returneth, patient and loyal and true!
2 There's labor for me that no other can do,
A place I alone can fill;
Then why should I not be among the chosen,
Rejoicing to do His will? [Refrain]
3 Shall others go forth to the field of harvest
While I with the idlers stand?
The talent He gave me, shall I not use it,
In following His command? [Refrain]
4 The day that shall break for my Lord's appearing,
He hath not revealed to me,
Yet if He but find me a faithful servant
A glorious day 'twill be, [Refrain]
Coronation Hymns, 1910
May I Be Faithful
[The Master has gone to a distant country]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal Title: Assembly Songs Incipit: 55345 33216 71534 Used With Text: May I Be Faithful
[The Master has gone to a distant country]
May I Be Faithful
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Assembly Songs #19 (1910) Hymnal Title: Assembly Songs First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Lyrics: 1 The Master has gone to a distant country
And left me a charge to keep,
A work in His vineyard, a field for reaping,
A shepherd to guard His sheep.
Refrain:
May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me;
Constant in service,
Earnest in all that I do;
May I be faithful!
Out in the field may He find me,
When He returneth, patient and loyal and true.
2 There’s labor for me that no other can do,
A place I alone can fill;
Then why should I not be among the chosen,
Rejoicing to do his will? [Refrain]
3 Shall others go forth to the field of harvest
While I with the idlers stand?
The talent He gave me, shall I not use it,
In following His command? [Refrain]
4 The day that shall break for my Lord’s appearing,
He hath not revealed to me,
Yet if He but find me a faithful servant
A glorious day ‘twill be. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master has gone to a distant country]
May I Be Faithful
May I be Faithful
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Coronation Hymns #80 (1913) Hymnal Title: Coronation Hymns First Line: The Master has gone to a distant country Refrain First Line: May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me Lyrics: 1 The Master has gone to a distant country
And left me a charge to keep,
A work in His vineyard, a field for reaping,
A shepherd to guard His sheep.
Chorus:
May I be faithful unto the trust He assigned me;
Constant in service
Earnest in all that I do;
May I be faithful!
Out in the field may He find me,
When He returneth, patient and loyal and true!
2 There's labor for me that no other can do,
A place I alone can fill;
Then why should I not be among the chosen,
Rejoicing to do His will? [Chorus]
3 Shall others go forth to the field of harvest
While I with the idlers stand?
The talent He gave me, shall I not use it,
In following His command? [Chorus]
4 The day that shall break for my Lord's appearing,
He hath not revealed to me,
Yet if He but find me a faithful servant
A glorious day 'twill be, [Chorus]
Languages: English Tune Title: [The Master has gone to a distant country]
May I be Faithful
May I be faithful unto the trust he assigned me
Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: Harvest of Light #d197 (1913) Hymnal Title: Harvest of Light First Line: The Master has gone to a beautiful [distant] country Languages: English
May I be faithful unto the trust he assigned me
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Hymnal Title: Assembly Songs Author of "May I Be Faithful" in Assembly Songs Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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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
Chas. H. Gabriel
