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[Knocking, knocking, who is there]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. E. Belden Incipit: 33335 35344 44313 Used With Text: Knocking, Knocking

Author: Mrs. H. B. Stowe Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Knocking, knocking, who is there, waiting, waiting Topics: Christ at the Door; Invitation Used With Tune: [Knocking, knocking, who is there]

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Knocking, Knocking

Author: Mrs. H. B. Stowe Hymnal: Christ in Song #35 (1908) First Line: Knocking, knocking, who is there? Lyrics: 1 Knocking, knocking, who is there? Waiting, waiting, O how fair! 'Tis a Pilgrim, strange and kingly, Never such was seen before; Ah! my soul, for such a wonder Wilt thou not undo the door? Wilt thou not undo the door? 2 Knocking, knocking, still He's there, Waiting, waiting, wondrous fair; But the door is hard to open, For the weeds and ivy vine With their dark and clinging tendrils Ever round the hinges twice, Ever round the hinges twice. 3 Knocking, knocking what! still there? Waiting, waiting, grand and fair; Yea, the wounded hand still knocketh, And beneath the thorn-wreath'd hair Beam the patient eyes, so tender, Of thy Savior waiting there; Wilt thou keep him waiting there? Topics: Invitation and Repentance; Invitation and Repentance; Invitation and Repentance; Special Selections Male Voices Languages: English Tune Title: [Knocking, knocking, who is there?]

Knocking, Knocking

Author: Mrs. H. B. Stowe Hymnal: Songs for the King's Business #132 (1909) First Line: Knocking, knocking, who is there, waiting, waiting Topics: Christ at the Door; Invitation Tune Title: [Knocking, knocking, who is there]

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F. E. Belden

1858 - 1945 Composer of "[Knocking, knocking, who is there?]" in Christ in Song Belden was born in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1858. He began writing music in his late teenage years after moving to California with his family. For health reasons he later moved to Colorado. He returned to Battle Creek with his wife in the early 1880s, and there he became involved in Adventist Church publishing. F. E. Belden wrote many hymn tunes, gospel songs, and related texts in the early years of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Belden was able to rapidly write both music and poetry together which enabled him to write a song to fit a sermon while it was still being delivered. He also wrote songs for evangelist Billy Sunday. Though Belden’s later years were marred by misunderstandings with the church leadership over his royalties, he did donate his papers and manuscripts to the church’s seminary at his death. He died on December 2, 1945 in Battle Creek, Michigan. N.N., Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/l/belden_fe.htm

Harriet Beecher Stowe

1811 - 1896 Person Name: Mrs. H. B. Stowe Arranger of "Knocking, Knocking" in Christ in Song Stowe, Harriet, née Beecher, daughter of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, D.D., was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, June 15, 1812. In 1832, her father having been appointed President of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, she removed therewith the family; and in 1833 was married to the Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, D.D., Professor of Languages and Biblical Literature in the same Institution. Her high reputation as an author is well known; and the immense success of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which first appeared in The National Era, in 1852, ensures her a lasting reputation. She has also written other well-known works. Three of her hymns appeared in the Plymouth Collection, edited by her brother, H. W. Beecher, in 1855:— 1. Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh. Resting in God. 2. That mystic word of Thine, 0 sovereign Lord. Abiding in Jesus. 3. When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean. Peace. Another hymn by Mrs. Stowe, "How beautiful, said he of old" (The Gospel Ministry), is No. 231 in the Boston Hymns of the Spirit, 1864. Her poetic pieces were published in her Religious Poems, 1867; and from a poem therein the hymn, "Knocking, knocking, who is there?" (Christ knocking), in Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos is adapted. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)