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Just Where He Needs Me Most

Author: William C. Poole Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Just where He needs me, there would I be

[Just where He needs me, there would I be]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 32156 56174 32676 Used With Text: Just Where He Needs Me Most

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Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: Williston Hymns #122 (1917) First Line: Just where He needs me, there would I be Lyrics: 1 Just where He needs me, there would I be, Working for Jesus who died for me; Thro’ disappointment or victory, Just where He needs me most! Refrain: Just where He needs me most, Just where He needs me most; His work to do, faithful and true, Just where He needs me most. 2 Just where He needs me! He goes before; Just where He needs me, till life is o’er; Till I shall see Him on heaven’s shore, Just where He needs me most! [Refrain] 3 Just where He needs me by day or night; Just where He needs me—into the fight, Or wait for orders; He leads aright, Just where He needs me most! [Refrain] 4 Just where He needs me! He knows the way, So would I follow my Lord today; Where Jesus wants me, there would I stay, Just where He needs me most! [Refrain] Tune Title: [Just where He needs me, there would I be]

Just Where He Needs Me Most

Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #111 (1930) First Line: Just where He needs me, there would I be Languages: English Tune Title: [Just where He needs me, there would I be]

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William C. Poole

1875 - 1949 Author of "Just Where He Needs Me Most" William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Just where He needs me, there would I be]" in Williston Hymns 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