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Phoebe Palmer

Phoebe Palmer
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Short Name: Phoebe Palmer
Full Name: Palmer, Phoebe, 1807-1874
Birth Year: 1807
Death Year: 1874

Palmer, Phoebe, an American Methodist, b. 1807, and d. in 1874, wrote "Blessed Bible! how I love thee" (Holy Scriptures), and “O! when shall I sweep through the gates" (Heaven Anticipated). The latter is in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Phoebe Palmer (25)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ach, wann ist mein Pilgern hier ausPhoebe Palmer (Author)German0
Again we hail this sacred dayPhoebe Palmer (Author)1
Away to the fieldMrs. Palmer (Author)1
Behold thy temple, God of gracePhoebe Palmer (Author)English24
Blessed Bible, how I love itPhoebe Palmer (Author)English64
Charity ever begins at homeA. D. Fillmore (Author)1
Children lo your Savior calls you todayPhoebe Palmer (Author)1
Cristo viene, esto es ciertoPhoebe Palmer (1807-1874) (Author)Spanish1
Eu vejo agora o manancialPhoebe Palmer (Author)Portuguese1
Great Redeemer, blessed SaviorPhoebe Palmer (Author)3
Happy angels, still ye [you] dwellPhoebe Palmer (Author)13
How sweet upon the Sabbath dayPhoebe Palmer (Author)2
Ich seh' im Glauben nun das BlutPhoebe Palmer (Author)German6
La fuente veo carmesíPhoebe Palmer (Author)Spanish1
O beautiful hour of closing dayMrs. Phoebe Palmer (Author)English1
O Gotteslamm in deinem BlutPhoebe Palmer (Author)German1
O Heil, wenn es heißt: es geht heimPhoebe Palmer (Author)German0
O jetzt seh' ich die rote FlutPhoebe Palmer (Author)German0
O nu jeg ser den Purpur-FlodPhoebe Palmer (Author)Danish1
O sing to the Lord and give thanks to His namePhoebe Palmer (Author)1
O when shall I sweep through the gatesPhoebe Palmer (Author)English25
O now I see the crimson waveMrs. Phoebe Palmer (Author)English286
The cleansing stream, I see, I see! (Chorus)Phoebe Palmer (Author)English0
Watch ye saints with eyelids wakingMrs. Phoebe Palmer (1807-1874) (Author)English49
Wimbi la damu ya YesuPhoebe Palmer (Author)Swahili0

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