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Author: C. H. G. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O sweet is the story of Christ and His love Refrain First Line: O beautiful story of Christ and His love Lyrics: 1 O sweet is the story of Christ and His love, So boundless, so precious, so free; A perfect salvation, a fountain of joy, A wonderful message to me. Refrain: O beautiful story of Christ and His love, Of mansions prepared in His kingdom above. 2 The story grows better by telling it o’er, And nearer it comes to the soul; The vilest of sinners who hear and believe, By it are made perfectly whole. [Refrain] 3 O wonderful story, repeat it again, That beautiful story of old, Of Christ and His glory, of Christ and His love, ‘Twill never, no, never grow old. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

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[O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: R. D. Johnson Incipit: 51765 65322 33523 Used With Text: O Beautiful Story

[O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 13333 23456 55176 Used With Text: O Beautiful Story

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O Beautiful Story

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: The King of Kings #99 (1915) First Line: O sweet is the story of Christ and His love Refrain First Line: O beautiful story of Christ and His love Lyrics: 1 O sweet is the story of Christ and His love, So boundless, so precious, so free; A perfect salvation, a fountain of joy, A wonderful message to me. Refrain: O beautiful story of Christ and His love, Of mansions prepared in His kingdom above. 2 The story grows better by telling it o’er, And nearer it comes to the soul; The vilest of sinners who hear and believe, By it are made perfectly whole. [Refrain] 3 O wonderful story, repeat it again, That beautiful story of old, Of Christ and His glory, of Christ and His love, ‘Twill never, no, never grow old. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

O Beautiful Story

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #50 (1930) First Line: O sweet is the story of Christ and His love Refrain First Line: Oh, beautiful story of Christ and His love Languages: English Tune Title: [O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

O Beautiful Story

Author: Chas. H. Gabriel Hymnal: Carmina Sacra #99 (1914) First Line: O sweet is the story of Christ and His love Refrain First Line: O beautiful story of Christ and His love Languages: English Tune Title: [O sweet is the story of Christ and His love]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "O Beautiful Story" in The King of Kings 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