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Wondrous Love

Author: Grace Weiser David Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: 'Twas for love Jesus came from the sky Refrain First Line: O, such love, such wonderful love

['Twas for love Jesus came from the sky]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Used With Text: Wondrous Love

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Author: Grace Weiser Davis Hymnal: Salvation Songs #70 (1895) First Line: 'Twas for love Jesus came from the sky Refrain First Line: O, such love, such wonderful love Languages: English Tune Title: ['Twas for love Jesus came from the sky]

Wondrous Love

Author: Grace Weiser David Hymnal: All Hail #d205 (1900) First Line: 'Twas for love Jesus came from the sky Refrain First Line: O, such love, such wonderful love Languages: English

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "['Twas for love Jesus came from the sky]" in Salvation Songs 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

Grace Weiser Davis

Person Name: Grace Weiser David Author of "Wondrous Love" Grace Weiser Davis USA 1860-1933? Born near York, PA, she married judge James Nixon Davis in 1889. They attended the Asbury United Methodist Church in York. She became a Methodist evangelist. In 1900 she moved to Jersey City, NJ. She compiled several works, including: “Gems of gospel songs” (1885), “Favorite gospel songs” (1894) with Elisha A. Hoffman, “Childhood conversions” (1897). John Perry