1835–1910

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 23, 1836, Green­ville, New York.

Died: June 5, 1910, New York Ci­ty.

Buried: Vale Ce­me­te­ry, Sche­nec­ta­dy, New York.

Biography

Stephen was the son of Si­las Earle Ford and Aman­da Hed­den. He mar­ried twice, to Ma­ry Ab­rams (1858) and Jen­nie Ro­set­ta Samp­son (1876).

He wrote sev­er­al bat­tle hymns during the Am­eri­can ci­vil war which were sung by Un­ion sol­diers.

After the war, he was a par­tner in a shirt and col­lar mak­ing com­pa­ny, Ide & Ford, in Troy, New York (1865–72). In his lat­er years, he was known as an au­thor, ed­it­or, com­pos­er and cri­tic.

He was liv­ing in Sche­nec­ta­dy, New York, in 1908.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. And Now We Leave
  2. Beyond This Vale of Sor­row
  3. Christ Is Born, Christ Is Born
  4. Christ, the Lord Is Born
  5. Come, Join Our Ar­my, O Fall in­to Line
  6. Day of Re­joic­ing
  7. Dear Lord, May We Heed and Obey
  8. Do You Think That Ho­ly An­gels
  9. Far and Near the Bells
  10. Fear Not, O Trou­bled Soul
  11. Gladly We Hail This Fes­tal Day
  12. Glory to the Fa­ther
  13. Guide Me, Bless­ed Sav­ior
  14. Hail, Ho­ly Morn, Whose Ear­ly Ray
  15. Hail, Ho­ly Night, Il­lumed Afar
  16. Happy Are We as We Ga­ther To­day
  17. Hear Thou My Pray­er in Hea­ven
  18. Hear Us as We Pray, O Lord
  19. Home at Last in the Dear Fa­ther­land
  20. Hosanna in the High­est, the Lit­tle Child­ren Sang
  21. Hosanna to Je­sus We Joy­ful­ly Sing
  22. How I Wish That We Could
  23. I Am but a Lit­tle Child
  24. I Am Young, but I Can Do
  25. I Love the Flow­ers
  26. I Seek for a Ci­ty
  27. I Won­der if Child­ren in Glo­ry
  28. If the World No Joy
  29. I’m Glad That Je­sus Came
  30. I’m Hap­py All the Day
  31. Is Thy Soul with Sin
  32. Jesus Bids Us Fol­low
  33. Jesus Is Ten­der­ly Car­ing
  34. Jesus, Lov­ing Sav­ior
  35. Jesus My Sav­ior Is
  36. Jesus, O Bless­ed Name
  37. Jesus Tells Me in the Bi­ble
  38. Joy and Glad­ness I Have
  39. Kind Shep­herd of the Sheep
  40. Lambs of Je­sus’ Fold, The
  41. Lift Me High­er
  42. Little Hearts to Wor­ship Je­sus
  43. Little Ones Are We
  44. Little Ones Ho­san­nas Sing
  45. Little Ones the Sav­ior Sought
  46. Master Is Come, The
  47. My Heart O’er­flows
  48. O the Bound­less Love
  49. On This Glad Ju­bi­lee
  50. One of the Lit­tle Ones
  51. Rejoice and Be Glad, Ye Child­ren
  52. Savior Is Call­ing, O Sin­ner, The
  53. Soldiers of Christ, a Ho­ly Cause De­fend­ing
  54. Soldiers of the Cross
  55. There Is Joy in Beth­le­hem
  56. There Is Work for All
  57. Tinkling, Tink­ling
  58. Toiling in Vain
  59. Wait on the Lord
  60. Water of Life, a Clear Crys­tal Ri­ver, The
  61. We Are Lit­tle Sol­diers
  62. We Are Sol­diers in the Ar­my of Jehovah
  63. We Are Sol­diers of the Cross
  64. When Je­sus Was Born
  65. When the Tem­pest Fierce
  66. Why Not I?

Music

  1. Save, Save One
  2. Who Came Down from Hea­ven?

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ford (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),