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The Open Door

Author: Miss P. J. Owens Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: From distant lands appealing Refrain First Line: Behold the open door Used With Tune: [From distant lands appealing]

[From distant lands appealing]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 51117 67153 44465 Used With Text: The Open Door

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Author: Miss P. J. Owens Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #202 (1885) First Line: From distant lands appealing Refrain First Line: Behold the open door Lyrics: 1 From distant lands appealing, There comes a cry for aid; The day of Christ’s revealing Breaks from the midnight shade; While each expectant nation Stands waiting on the shore, O heralds of salvation, Behold the open door. Chorus: Behold the open door, Behold the open door, O heralds of salvation, Behold the open door. 2 God’s lightings cleave the ocean To bear His words of cheer, He guides the storm’s commotion To draw the lands more near; He breaks their bars asunder, They melt His love before, And men cry out in wonder, “Behold the open door.” [Chorus] 3 God’s finger points thee onward, Fear not the tempest’s frown, The world is rolling sunward, The Cross shines out a Crown; Ye, to whom much is given, O love and labor more; Then sweet the voice from heaven, “Behold the open door.” [Chorus] Topics: Missionary Languages: English Tune Title: [From distant lands appealing]

The Open Door

Author: Miss P. J. Owens Hymnal: The Gem of Gems #48 (1881) First Line: From distant lands appealing Refrain First Line: Behold the open door Languages: English Tune Title: [From distant lands appealing]

The Open Door

Author: Miss P. J. Owens Hymnal: Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book #110 (1901) First Line: From distant lands appealing Refrain First Line: Behold the open door Languages: English Tune Title: [From distant lands appealing]

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Miss P. J. Owens Author of "The Open Door" in Gospel Praise Book. Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[From distant lands appealing]" in Gospel Praise Book. William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman