Born: Sep­tem­ber 8, 1873, New York, New York.

Died: Jan­u­ary 11, 1946.

Knapp at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Coll­ege (grad­u­at­ed 1894) and Yale Coll­ege (BD 1897). He served at the First Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in South­ing­ton, Con­nec­ti­cut (1897-1900); the Brick Pres­by­ter­ian Church in New York City (as­sist­ant pas­tor, 1901-1903); and the Cent­ral Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Wor­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1908-1936). His works in­clude:

• History of the Brick Pres­by­ter­i­an Church, 1908
• On the Edge of the Storm, 1921
• Old Joe and Other Vesper Stories, 1922
• The Liberated Bi­ble: The Old Testament, 1941

Sources

Hymns

1. Lord God of Hosts
2. Not Only Where God’s Free Winds Blow