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Give Praise to God

Author: Josephine Pollard Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Within God's temple now we meet, To praise His holy name Refrain First Line: O sing we now our loud hosannas

[Within God's temple now we meet]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp Incipit: 33455 65551 76544 Used With Text: Give Praise to God

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Author: Josepine Pollard Hymnal: The Epworth Hymnal #38 (1885) First Line: Within God's temple now we meet Refrain First Line: O sing we now our loud hosannas Languages: English Tune Title: [Within God's temple now we meet]

Give Praise to God

Author: Josepine Pollard Hymnal: The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #55 (1891) First Line: Within God's temple now we meet Refrain First Line: O sing we now our loud hosannas Languages: English Tune Title: [Within God's temple now we meet]

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Phoebe Palmer Knapp

1839 - 1908 Person Name: Mrs. Jos. F. Knapp Composer of "[Within God's temple now we meet]" in The Emory Hymnal No. 2 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

Josephine Pollard

1834 - 1892 Author of "Give Praise to God" Josephine Pollard USA 1834-1892. Born at NYC, NY, one of seven children and daughter of an architect, she attended an exclusive girls school, Spingler Institute, and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a founding member of the professional women’s club, Sorosis. She never married. She became an author, poet, and hymnist, writing many children’s books and for children’s magazines, including Harper’s, Scribner’s, and the New York Ledger. She wrote 44 books, mostly religious, for children, but also about history, birds, sports and games, and adventure stories. She also wrote 100+ hymn lyrics as well. She worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited a magazine for African Americans. Her children’s books include: “History of the U.S.” (1884); “The life of George Washington” ; “The life of Christ for young people”; “History of the New Testament in words of one syllable” (1899); “History of the Old Testament in words of one syllable” (1899); “Bible stories for children” (1899). She was in poor health in her latter years. She died at NYC, NY. John Perry =============== Pollard, Josephine, born in New York, circa 1840, is the author of (1) "I stood outside the gate" (Lent), (2) "Joy-bells ringing, Children singing" (Joy) in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)