O That Will Be Glory
BIBLE REFERENCE:
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord
GOD will wipe away tears from off all
faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD
hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for
him,
and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and
rejoice in his salvation.
Isaiah 25:8-9
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy
upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall
flee away.
Isaiah 35:10
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return,
and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy
shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee
away.
Isaiah 51:11
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth
on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall
lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes.
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Revelation 7:15-17
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away.
Revelation 21:3-4
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel - Lyrics &
Composer
1856-1932
Born: August 18, 1856, Wilton, Iowa.
Died: September 15, 1932, Los Angeles, California.
Buried: Gabriel�s ashes were interred at the Chapel of the Pines, Los Angeles,
California.
HYMN HISTORY:
Charles H. Gabriel, one of this country�s most
influential and prolific gospel songwriters of the early century, was born in a prairie shanty on
August 18, 1956, at Wilton, Iowa. The settlers in that area often gathered in
the Gabriel home for a singing sessions and fellowship, with Charles�s father generally serving as
leader. At an early age Charles developed a love for music and soon gave evidence of a gift for
composing. One day he told his mother that it was his supreme desire to write as song that would
become famous. She wisely replied,
�My boy, I would rather you write a song that will help somebody than see you President of the
United States.� Two years later Charles began teaching singing schools in the surrounding area
without ever having the benefit of a single formal lesson. He began writing and selling many of his
songs during those early days but never received more than two and one half dollars for any of his
works.
In all Mr Gabriel edited thirty-five different gospel songbooks, eight Sunday School songbooks,
seven books for male choruses, six for ladies� voices, ten children�s songbooks, nineteen
collections of anthems, twenty-three choir cantatas, forty-one Christmas cantatas, ten children�s
cantatas, and numerous books on musical
instruction. From 1912 until his death in 1932 he was associated with the Homer Rodeheaver
Publishing Company. His fame as a successful composer became widely known, especially with the use
of his songs by Rodeheaver in the large Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns. Like many of the early
gospel song musicians,
Gabriel usually wrote both the text and music for his songs. Some of his hymn texts are shown with
the pseudonym, Charlotte G. Homer.
�O That Will Be Glory� first appeared in a publication entitled Make His Praise Glorious, complied
and published in 1900 by a fellow gospel musician, E. O. Excell. The text was inspired by Mr.
Gabriel�s good friend, Ed Card, Superintendent of the Sunshine Rescue Mission of St. Louis,
Missouri. Ed was a radiant believer
who always seemed to be bubbling over with the joy of the Lord. During a sermon or prayer he would
often explode with the expression, �Glory!� His smiling face earned him the nickname �Old Glory
Face.� It was his custom to close his own prayer with a reference to heaven, ending with the phrase
�and that will be glory for
me!� It is said that Card had the joy of singing this hymn just before his home-going with the
pleasure of knowing that his Christian life had been its inspiration. This hymn has since been
translate into many different languages and dialects with an estimated publication of over 100
million copies.
Other well-known favorites by Charles Gabriel include �Higher Ground,� �More Like the Master,� �Send
the Light,� �My Savior�s Love,� �He Is So Precious to ME,� �O It Is Wonderful,� and �He Lifted
Me.�
Dear Brothers and Sisters in
Christ,
Someday very soon we will see our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, Face-to-Face as He personally wipes
away every tear from our eyes, yes all of us who are His beloved. This has been the desire and hope
of all the believers, all through the ages. The bride needs nothing else; her heavenly Bridegroom
has prepared for
her a home beyond her comprehension, and we will dwell with Him forever and ever. Come Quickly Lord
Jesus! In the mean time let us continue to lift each other up in prayer.
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