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Knock and it Shall Be Opened

Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: [Knock and it shall be opened]

[Knock and it shall be opened]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 33333 55111 11366 Used With Text: Knock and it Shall Be Opened

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Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #127 (1910) Lyrics: 1 “Knock and it shall be opened” Hark! tis the Master’s voice Giving this gracious promise, Bidding the heart rejoice. “Knock and it shall be opened” Oh, will you knock today? Why should you still be exiled? Why need you turn away? Refrain: “Knock and it shall be opened; Seek and ye shall find; Knock and it shall be opened, Seek and ye shall find.” 2 Knock while the daylight lingers; Knock ere the night-dews fall; Hasten your timid footsteps, Hark to your Master’s call. Question no more, but quickly Knock, for He waiting stands Over against the gateway, Life in His outstretched hands. [Refrain] 3 “Knock and it shall be opened!” While it is called today Yield to the Spirit’s pleading, Enter the narrow way. Turn from the paths of darkness; Now is the time to choose! “Knock and it shall be opened”— Can you such grace refuse? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Knock and it shall be opened]

Knock and it Shall Be Opened

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #62 (1915) Languages: English Tune Title: [Knock and it shall be opened]

Knock and it Shall Be Opened

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Immanuel's Praise #123 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: [Knock and it shall be opened]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Knock and it shall be opened]" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 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

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Author of "Knock and it Shall be Opened" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911