Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #265
Tune Title: [When my love to Christ grows weak] First Line: When my love to Christ grows weak Composer: Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp Key: C Major Date: 1983
Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #265

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 >| Title: | ALBERTSON |
| Composer: | Phoebe Palmer Knapp |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
| Incipit: | 33334 44225 44331 |
| Key: | C Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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