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[Let the love of God like the ocean surges roll]

[Let the love of God like the ocean surges roll]

Composer: Mrs. J. F. Knapp
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Mrs. J. F. Knapp

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 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Let the love of God like the ocean surges roll]
Composer: Mrs. J. F. Knapp
Incipit: 53211 12317 16551
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #151

The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #151
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The Epworth Hymnal #41

The Epworth Hymnal #41
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