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Phoebe Palmer Knapp
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Short Name: Phoebe Palmer Knapp
Full Name: Knapp, Phoebe Palmer, 1839-1908
Birth Year: 1839
Death Year: 1908

As a young girl Phoebe Palmer Knapp (b. New York, NY, 1839; d. Poland Springs, ME, 1908) displayed great musical talent; she composed and sang children’s song at an early age. The daughter of the Methodist evangelist Walter C. Palmer, she was married to John Fairfield Knapp at the age of sixteen. Her husband was a founder of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and after his death, she shared her considerable inherited wealth with various charitable organizations. She composed over five hundred gospel songs, of which the tunes for “Blessed Assurance” and “Open the Gates of the Temple” are still popular today.

Bert Polman

Wikipedia Biography

Phoebe Palmer Knapp (March 9, 1839 – July 10, 1908) was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist.

Tunes by Phoebe Palmer Knapp (50)sort ascendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Yes, I will bless Thee, O my God] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)251234 56556 71543
[Wondrous words, how rich in blessing] (Knapp)Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)855172 13333 32162
[Wonderful Savior, blessed Redeemer]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)854355 65466 17676
[Within God's temple now we meet]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)333455 65551 76544
[Who can unfold the bliss untold]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)551565 32123 45355
[Whence Jesus came, I cannot tell]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)1313451 46555 64535
[When I think of Jesus' love]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)251134 32356 54332
[What have I done to show my love] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)333215 33211 21235
[We welcome you all and our greeting shall be]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)235334 71222 23213
[We are children, happy children]Mrs. J. F. Knapp (Composer)313534 61676 54365
['Tis the Savior who would claim]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)1734655 45133 21346
[This is my story, this is my song] (Chorus)Phoebe Palmer Knapp (Composer)255515 66655 55617
[There's an undertone of sighing]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)234554 23111 11165
[The waters that most refresh the soul]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)251135 16153 12355
[Soon and forever, the breaking of day]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)235176 55234 65351
[Soldiers of the eternal King]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)1353451 31542 31716
[Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)453334 34655 77771
ALBERTSONPhoebe Palmer Knapp (Composer)4633334 44225 44331
[Praise, for his excellent greatness]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)413453 16556 71177
[Open, Open, Open the gates of the temple]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)251565 13351 15563
[O when I shall sweep through the gates]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)1651712 16534 5655
[O Tag, so schwarz und trübe] (Knapp)Frau Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)255335 54666 76511
[O Jesus, my Shepherd and Savior divine!]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)233334 31327 11135
[O beautiful hour of closing day]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)253456 55255 56461
[Nearer the cross! my heart can say]Mrs. Joseph F. (Phoebe) Knapp (Composer)14132123 55515 53323
[March onward, march upward! Our banner of light]Phoebe Palmer Knapp (Composer)351132 11345 56223
[Many at the cross are kneeling] (Knapp)Mrs. J. F. Knapp (Composer)632114 65431 17123
[Lobt den Herrn alle Völker, erhebt ihn mit Macht]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)255112 34551 65543
[Little beam of rosy light] (Knapp)Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)312333 33346 55551
[Like merry birds we come]Mrs. J. F. Knapp (Composer)234565 31114 11233
[Let the love of God like the ocean surges roll]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)353211 12317 16551
[Lead me, lead me]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)915315 43451 14345
["Just as I am," Thine own to be] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)255335 54466 67665
["Jesus only," is the motto]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)251136 54677 12311
[In the secret of His presence] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)255113 51155 11352
[I would be Thine, O take my heart] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)232223 11136 6671
[I shall not want, Hallelujah]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)412334 56711 51552
[I have a home, a glorious home]Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)115553 11155 55177
[Humbly the Penitent]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)231356 53161 53531
[He has come! He has come! my Redeemer has come]Mrs. J. F. Knapp (Composer)2612333 32161 54135
[Glory to the Father give] (Knapp)Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)212345 55156 51234
CONSECRATION (Knapp)Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)8755566 23311 43255
[Come with rejoicing, come with delight]Phoebe Palmer Knapp (Composer)1354456 53453 55112
[Come, let us all unite to sing] (Knapp)Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)211231 56554 271
[O now I see the crimson wave]Mrs. Joseph F. (Phoebe) Knapp (Composer)18413531 61166 55321
[Blooming all for Jesus]Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Composer)333553 53355 64616
[Behold Me standing at the door] (Knapp)Phoebe Palmer Knapp (Composer)3555171 26217 12123
ASSURANCE (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. (Phoebe) Knapp (Composer)64232155 45655 35177
[Angel voices breathing ever] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)454565 17653 12356
[All for Jesus, all for Jesus] (Knapp)Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Composer)1631117 12242 22123

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