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Behold! I Stand and Knock

Behold, I stand at your door and knock, O will you not let me come in?

Author: Charles M. Fillmore
Tune: [Behold! I stand at your door and knock] (Rosecrans)
Published in 9 hymnals

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Author: Charles M. Fillmore

Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: Ju­ly 15, 1860, Par­is, Il­li­nois. Died: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1952, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. Fillmore won a mu­sic schol­ar­ship at the Cin­cin­na­ti Coll­ege of Mu­sic, then taught for a year at Bath Sem­in­a­ry in Ow­ings­ville, Ken­tucky. He then tra­veled for about a year and taught sing­ing class­es in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. He then went for ad­di­tion­al mu­sic stu­dies in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He stu­died for the min­is­try at But­ler Un­i­ver­si­ty in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na, grad­u­at­ing in 1890. He pas­tored in La­fay­ette, In­di­a­na; Shel­by­ville, In­di­a­na; was "State Evan­gel­ist" (for on… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Behold, I stand at your door and knock, O will you not let me come in?
Title: Behold! I Stand and Knock
Author: Charles M. Fillmore
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I knock, knock, open to me
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

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Glory and Praise #38

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d39

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Heart Songs #119

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Joy and Praise #91

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #752

The Children's Hallelujah #d15

The Church and School #d22

The Gospel Invitation #d8

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The Master's Praise #115

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