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Glory Song

“O That Will Be Glory,” also known as “The Glory Song”, with words and music by Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932), was first published in 1900. In 1914, J. H. Hall claimed that the song had been translated into at least 17 languages and that at least 17 million copies of the song were then in print. The musical score of the song can be found online in Excell's Praises (song number 4).

Words

1. When all my labors and trials are o’er,

Chorus:

2. When by the gift of His infinite grace,

3. Friends will be there I have loved long ago;

Background

During the early summer of 1900, while bicycle riding with a Chicago publisher [probably E. O. Excell], for whom he was at the time preparing manuscript, he said to his friend: “I’ve got a song that is going to live!” He then gave the title of, and made brief quotations from, “O that will be glory.” He was paid $10. for the song.

The inspiration for the song is said to have been a man named Ed Card, superintendent of the Sunshine Rescue Mission in St. Louis, MO. During worship services at the mission, Card would frequently exclaim, “Glory!” and he became known as “Old Glory Face.”