[We know not the hour of the Master's appearing]

[We know not the hour of the Master's appearing]

Composer: F. E. Belden (1886)
Published in 14 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: F. E. Belden

Belden was born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1858. He began writing music in his late teenage years after moving to California with his family. For health reasons he later moved to Colorado. He returned to Battle Creek with his wife in the early 1880s, and there he became involved in Adventist Church publishing. F. E. Belden wrote many hymn tunes, gospel songs, and related texts in the early years of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Belden was able to rapidly write both music and poetry together which enabled him to write a song to fit a sermon while it was still being delivered. He also wrote songs for evang­el­ist Bil­ly Sun­day. Though Belden’s later years were marred by misunderstandings with the church leadership over his royal… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [We know not the hour of the Master's appearing]
Composer: F. E. Belden (1886)
Meter: 12.12.12.6 with refrain
Incipit: 51111 34524 43511
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #11856
Text: We Know Not The Hour
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #182
Text: We know not the hour
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
TextPage Scan

50 Uncommon Songs #42

Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #165

TextPage Scan

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #604

Audio

Small Church Music #182

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11856

Text

Timeless Truths #560

Include 8 pre-1979 instances
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