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Author: Wm. Appel Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Better not indulge the cravings Refrain First Line: Better not, better not

[Better not indulge the cravings]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55111 23115 56172 Used With Text: Better Not

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Author: Rev. Wm. Appel Hymnal: Epworth Songs #91 (1893) First Line: Better not indulge the cravings Refrain First Line: Better not, better not Languages: English Tune Title: [Better not indulge the cravings]

Better not indulge the cravings

Author: Wilhelm Appel Hymnal: Vineyard Songs #d13 (1892)

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Better not indulge the cravings]" in Epworth 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