May 1, 2016 (Sunday)
The author, C. H. Gabriel, was perhaps the best known and most prolific gospel song writer of the early twentieth century. One of his good friends was 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 Christian joy. During a sermon or a prayer he would often explode with “Glory” just like some people say “Amen!” or “Hallelujah!” His beaming smile earned him the nickname “old glory face.” It was his custom to close his fervent prayers with a reference to heaven, usually ending with the phrase “and that will be glory for me” What a fitting song for the believer who has the assurance that he will someday be reunited with loved ones, and with the Lord, in heaven. (Hymns with a Message, Barry Kaufman blog).
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
1900
Chorus:
O that will be glory for me,
Glory for me, glory for me,
When by His grace I shall look on His face,
That will be glory, be glory for me.
Verses:
When all my labors and trials are o’er,
And I am safe on that beautiful shore,
Just to be near the dear Lord I adore,
Will through the ages be glory for me.
When, by the gift of His infinite grace,
I am accorded in Heaven a place,
Just to be there and to look on His face,
Will through the ages be glory for me.
Friends will be there I have loved long ago;
Joy like a river around me will flow;
Yet just a smile from my Savior, I know,
Will through the ages be glory for me.
LISTEN
If you want to read a blog about May Day, click here for last year’s blog about it.