PeopleAlexander, James W. (James Waddell), 1804-1859Texts

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Alexander, James Waddell, D.D., s. 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 Duano 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 tr. of " Salve Caput," through the German; " Near the cross was Mary weeping," tr. of "Stabat Mater"; and "Jesus, how sweet Thy memory is," a tr. of " Jesu dulcis memoria." The annotations of these trs. are given under their respective Latin first lines.
-John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hymn Texts by James W. Alexander	As
Come children, thank the Lord	James Waddell Alexander
I leave thee not, thou art my Jesus ever (6)	James Waddell Alexander
Jesus' holy cross and dying	James Waddell Alexander
Jesus, how sweet thy memory is (2)	James Waddell Alexander
Lord, how shall I be meeting	James Waddell Alexander
Near the cross our station taking (7)	James Waddell Alexander
Near the cross was Mary weeping (47)	James Waddell Alexander
Now the crucible is breaking	James Waddell Alexander
O Sacred Head, now wounded (278)	James Waddell Alexander, 1804 - 1859 (Translator (English))
When I see the hanging, bleeding (3)	James Waddell Alexander
When no eye its pity gave us (2)	James Waddell Alexander

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