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There is no tomorrow

Author: Eleanor W. Long Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There were sleeping virgins lying Refrain First Line: Awake, awake, turn from sin, turn from sorrow Used With Tune: [There were sleeping virgins lying]

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[There were sleeping virgins lying]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51332 21117 62165 Used With Text: There Is No Tomorrow

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There Is No Tomorrow

Author: Eleanor W. Long Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13166 First Line: There were sleeping virgins lying Refrain First Line: Awake! awake! Lyrics: 1 There were sleeping virgins lying Just outside the festal door; And they murmured in their dreaming, Time enough, full time, and more, But the cry rang, "Lo, the Bridegroom Cometh quickly to the feast-room! Go to meet Him—Go!" Refrain: Awake! awake! Turn from sin, turn from sorrow Today! today! For there is no tomorrow! Your lamps are gone out, And no oil can you borrow— Prepare to meet thy God! 2 Then they rose and hastened forward, From the thrall of dreams released; Those with burning lamps to enter With the Bridegroom to the feast; But the others stood benighted, With their empty lamps unlighted— And the doorway shut. [Refrain] 3 Rouse ye from your sleep, O dreamers, While the door stands open wide, Fill your lamps, and trim them, light them— You can have no light beside. Then into the realms immortal You shall enter thro’ the portal, Ere the door is shut. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There were sleeping virgins lying]

There is no tomorrow

Author: Eleanor W. Long Hymnal: Gospel Hosannas #107 (1911) First Line: There were sleeping virgins lying Refrain First Line: Awake, awake, turn from sin, turn from sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: [There were sleeping virgins lying]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "[There were sleeping virgins lying]" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

Eleanor W. Long

Author of "There Is No Tomorrow" in The Cyber Hymnal Early 20th Century Lyrics Lord Keep Watch ’Tween Me and Thee, The Records http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/n/long_ew.htm