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Phoebe Palmer Knapp

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

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Phoebe Palmer Knapp (March 9, 1839 – July 10, 1908) was an American composer of music for hymns and an organist.
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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Phoebe Palmer Knapp (16)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
All for Jesus, all for Jesus! All my being's ransomed powersJoseph F. Knapp (Author)English1
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp (Author)English3
Blessed Bible, how I love itMrs. Phoebe Palmer (Author)English3
Blooming all for JesusMrs. Jos. F. Knapp (Author)English1
Cristo viene, esto es ciertoPhoebe Knapp (Author)Spanish1
Führ' mich, führ' mich, führ' mich, mein ErlöserPhoebe Palmer Knapp (Author)German0
Lead me, lead me, lead me precious SaviorMrs. J. F. K. (Author)English8
Loving Jesus, gentle LambMrs. Joseph F. Knapp ()English1
Many at the cross are kneelingMrs. Joseph F. Knapp ()English1
O now I see the crimson wavePhoebe P. Knapp (Author)English8
Por fe contemplo redenciónP. P. K. (Author)Spanish3
Soldiers of the eternal KingJ. F. K. (Author)English1
Time is earnest, passing byMrs. Knapp (Author)English3
Vem, alma cansadaPhoebe Palmer Knapp (?) (1839-1908) (Author)Portuguese1
Was meines Gedanken sindMrs. J. F. Knapp (Author)German1
Whence Jesus came, I cannot tellMrs. J. F. K. (Author)English6

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