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[There is a time, I know not when]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gustav A. Collin Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 53333 33444 44435 Used With Text: Beware! O Soul, Beware!

Beware! O Soul, Beware!

Author: Alexander; Gustav A. Collin Appears in 86 hymnals First Line: There is a time, we know not when Used With Tune: [There is a time, we know not when]

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Author: Alexander; Gustav A. Collin Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #18 (1904) First Line: There is a time, we know not when Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a time, we know not when]

Beware! O Soul, Beware!

Author: Joseph Addison Alexander Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12343 First Line: There is a time, I know not when Lyrics: 1 There is a time, I know not when, A place, I know not where; That marks the destiny of man, To glory or despair. There is a line by us unseen, That crosses every path, The hidden boundary between God’s patience and His wrath. Refrain: Beware! O soul, beware! Lest you cross the deadline tonight; Take care! O dying soul, take care! Don’t miss the guiding light. 2 To pass that limit is to die, To die as if by stealth; It does not quench the beaming eye, Or pale the glow of health. The conscience still may be at ease, The spirit light and gay; That which is pleasing still may please And care be thrust away. [Refrain] 3 How far may we go on in sin? How long will God forbear? Where does hope end? and where begin The confines of despair? An answer from the sky is sent, Ye that from God depart, While it is called today, repent And harden not your heart. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a time, I know not when]

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James W. Alexander

1804 - 1859 Person Name: Alexander Author of "Beware! O Soul, Beware!" in The New Century Hymnal James W. Alexander (b. Hopewell, Louisa County, VA, 1804; d. Sweetsprings, VA, 1859) was often overshadowed by his father, the renowned Archibald Alexander, first professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. But James Alexander was also a fine preacher, teacher, and writer. He studied at New Jersey College (now Princeton University) and Princeton Seminary. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church, he alternated his career between teaching and pastoring; for two years (1849-1851) he was professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at Princeton Seminary. Alexander translated a number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German but is mainly known today for his translation of "O Sacred Head." Bert Polman ===================== Alexander, James Waddell, D.D., son of Archibald Alexander, D.D., b. at Hopewell, Louisa, county of Virginia, 13 Mar., 1804, graduated at Princeton, 1820, and was successively Professor of Rhetoric at Princeton, 1833; Pastor of Duane Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1844; Professor of Church History, Princeton, 1849; and Pastor of 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851; d. at Sweetsprings, Virginia, July 31, 1859. His works include Gift to the Afflicted, Thoughts on Family Worship, and others. His Letters were published by the Rev. Dr. Hall, in 2 vols., some time after his death, and his translations were collected and published at New York in 1861, under the title, The Breaking Crucible and other Translations. Of these translations the following are in use: O Sacred Head, now wounded” a translation of "Salve Caput," through the German; "Near the cross was Mary weeping," a translation of "Stabat Mater"; and "Jesus, how sweet Thy memory is," a translation of "dulcis memoria." The annotations of these translations are given under their respective Latin first lines. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Joseph A. Alexander

1809 - 1860 Person Name: Joseph Addison Alexander Author of "Beware! O Soul, Beware!" in The Cyber Hymnal Alexander, Joseph Addison, D.D., brother of Dr. J. W. Alexander, and a minister of the Presbyterian Church, born in Philadelphia, April 24, 1809, graduated at Princeton, 1826, became Adjunct Professor of Latin, 1833, and Associate Professor of Biblical Literature, 1838, died at Princeton, Jan. 28, 1860. Dr. Alexander was a great Hebraist, and published Commentaries on Isaiah, the Psalms, &c. His poem, “The Doomed Man,” was written for, and first published in, the Sunday School Journal, Phila., April 5, 1837. It has striking merit, but moves in one of those doctrinal circles which hymns generally avoid. Parts of it are found as hymns in a few Calvinistic collections, as, "There is a time, we know not when," in the New York Church Praise Book, 1881, No. 288. This is sometimes given with the second stanza, "There is a line, by us unseen," as in Nason's Collection, and Robinson's Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865. Unknown to English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 39 (1907)

Gustav A. Collin

b. 1872 Author (Chorus) of "Beware! O Soul, Beware!" in The New Century Hymnal Born: Circa 1872, Germany. Died: Date unknown. He & His wife Emma were living in Wayne County, Michigan, from at least 1900 through 1930. Collin’s works include: Songs of Grace and Truth Supplement (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hall Mack Company, 1903) --www.hymntime.com/tch