Though blind­ed by an eye in­fect­ion at age eight, Geibel was a suc­cess­ful com­pos­er, con­duct­or, and or­gan­ist. He stu­died at the Phil­a­del­phia In­sti­tute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gos­pel songs, an­thems, can­ta­tas, etc. He found­ed the Adam Gei­bel Mu­sic Com­pany, lat­er evolved into the Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, and later merged to become the Ro­de­heav­er Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny. His pop­u­lar sec­u­lar songs in­clude “Ken­tucky Babe” and “Sleep, Sleep, Sleep.”

Sources

Music

1. Beautiful Waters of Eden
2. Carry the Light
3. I Love to Think of Jesus
4. Joyful Song, The
5. Marching with the Heroes
6. Sleep, My Little Jesus
7. Some Day He’ll Make It Plain
8. Someone Must Tell the Glad Story