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Lebensworte, reich an Segen

Author: W. Horn Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Lebensworte, reich an Segen]

[Lebensworte, reich an Segen]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp Incipit: 55172 13333 32162 Used With Text: Lebensworte, reich an Segen

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Lebensworte, reich an Segen

Author: W. Horn Hymnal: Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #118 (1912) Languages: German Tune Title: [Lebensworte, reich an Segen]

Ewige Liebe

Author: William Horn Hymnal: Gebet- und Danklieder, Nr. 2, fuer Erweckungs- und Gebetsversammlung #d167 (1894) First Line: Lebensworte, reich an Segen Languages: German

1839 - 1908 Person Name: Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp Composer of "[Lebensworte, reich an Segen]" in Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft 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

Mary D. James

1810 - 1883 Author of "Ewige Liebe" Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She strived to live a life as close to Christ as possible. She died in New York City. John Perry

William Horn

1839 - 1917 Person Name: W. Horn Author of "Lebensworte, reich an Segen" in Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft Horn, William. (Germany, May 1, 1839--April 27, 1917). Evangelical. Come to United States in 1855, settled in Wisconsin. Licensed in 1861, ordained elder 1866, presiding elder 1871, bishop 1891. Editor of various Evangelical German-language publications, including Das Evangelische Magazin and Christliche Kinderfreund. Editor of German weekly of the Evangelical Association, 1883, Christliche Botschafter. Editor of Evangelisches Gesangbuch, 1877, for which he supplied a number of hymns. His most famous hymn was "Pure and free from all corruption." He wrote 24 hymns in all, and has been called one of the greatest of the German writers in America. Translated many English hymns into German. Retired as bishop in 1915. --Robert S. Wilson, DNAH Archives --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives William Horn was born in Germany May 1, 1839. He died in 1917. He came to U.S. in 1855 and settled in Wisconsin. Licensed in 1861, he rose through the ranks of ordained elder and bishop. He retired as Bishop in 1915 and died April 27, 1917. He was the editor of various Evangelical German-lanuage publications including EVANGELISCHES GESANGBUCH of 1877, for which he supplied a number of hymns. Of his twenty-four hymns the most famous, according to Ellen J. Lorenz, was "Pure and free from all corruption". He also translated many English hymns into German. —Mary L. VanDyke for Dictionary of American Hymnology, Oberlin College Library (14 December 2003)