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[Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian]

[Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian]

Composer: Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Mrs. Jos. 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: [Say, is your lamp burning? O Christian]
Composer: Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp
Incipit: 53334 34655 77771
Copyright: Public Domain
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Christian Hymns No. 1 #86

Christian Hymns No. 1 #86
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Sermons in Song No. 2 #76

Sermons in Song No. 2 #76
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Sunday School Songs #42

Sunday School Songs #42
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