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[The ways of the world may tempt you]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: G Major or modal Used With Text: The Safest Way
[The ways of the world may tempt you]
The Safest Way
Author: C. H. G. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The ways of the world may tempt you Used With Tune: [The ways of the world may tempt you]
The Safest Way
The Safest Way
Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12297 First Line: The ways of the world may tempt you Lyrics: 1 The ways of the world may tempt you
With their glitter and glint of gold,
And its promises may allure you
As you watch its mirage unfold;
False prophets, the thieves of Satan,
Like vampires entice their prey;
But stick to your mother’s God:
Her way is the safest way.
2 The palace of sin and pleasure
May appeal to your heart’s desire,
For its music is strangely thrilling,
Like the strains of a golden lyre.
But, stop! Ere you cross its threshold,
Look back to your childhood’s day.
And stick to your mother’s God:
Her way is the safest way.
3 Her breast was your first warm pillow,
When she taught you to lisp His name;
Don’t dishonor that blessèd memory
With the teaching of modern shame.
Keep on in the dear old pathway!
Let others do as they may,
But stick to your mother’s God:
Her way is the safest way. Languages: English Tune Title: [The ways of the world may tempt you]
The Safest Way
The Safest Way
Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: The Excelsior Hymnal #267 (1919) First Line: The ways of the world may tempt you Languages: English Tune Title: [The ways of the world may tempt you]
The Safest Way
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "The Safest Way" in The Excelsior Hymnal 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
