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The story behind the tunes, the
story of the hymn. Jesus is looking

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for volunteers today. Jesus is looking
for volunteers today who in the tough struggle

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can then go who is willing to
hear his voice by volunteering ready to fight

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Christ, volunteer You can be others
already ready to do it. You,

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Christ, are our boss. There
is no need to fear you want to

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be a volunteer of Jesus. About
the author of the poem that gave origin

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to this hymn. Very little is
known, except that he composed this hymn

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at the beginning of the 20th century. The copyright in his name is one

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thousand nine hundred and seven. The
music was composed by Charles Gaber, who

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composed more than 7, 000 melodies, many of which are found in today

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' s hymns. His father had
a singing school at home, so Charles

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developed a taste for music. From
a very young age, he learned to

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play the organ in his home in
a self- taught way. Although he

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never received formal musical training, he
traveled and directed his own singing schools in

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different places. From the age of
seventeen he was director of the Methodist Episcopal

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Church in San Francisco. Gabelle married
twice and had two children. He wrote

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an autobiography entitledcysty Years of Caspal Son
in Spanish sixty years of the evangelical song.

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In this hymn you can note the
transition that occurred slowly in the style

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of composition of Christian hymns, both
in the production of the lyrics and in

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the creation of melodies and arrangements to
evolve in modern Christian music? In this

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hin se o uer the one to
notice the transition that occurred slowly in the

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style of composition of Christian hymns,
both in the production of the lyrics and

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in the creation of melodies and arrangements
to evolve in the current gospel music?