1862–1935

Introduction

Born: March 8, 1862, Row­ley, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: De­cem­ber 16, 1935, At­lan­ta, Geor­gia.

Buried: West­view Ce­me­te­ry, At­lan­ta, Geor­gia.

portrait

Biography

Stillman was the hus­band of hym­nist Ci­vil­la Mar­tin.

He at­tend­ed Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty and was or­dained a Baptist min­is­ter, though he lat­er switched to the Dis­ci­ples of Christ de­nom­in­ation.

In 1916, he be­came a pro­fes­sor of Bi­ble stu­dies at At­lan­tic Chris­tian Col­lege in Wil­son, North Ca­ro­li­na. Three years lat­er, he moved to At­lan­ta, Geor­gia.

It was from there he went all ov­er Am­eri­ca to run Bi­ble con­fer­enc­es and evan­gel­is­tic meet­ings.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abiding
  2. Do You Know Je­sus?
  3. Far Be­yond Our Fair­est Vi­sion
  4. Filled with Sun­shine and Song
  5. Give to Je­sus Glo­ry
  6. Jesus Is the Sin­ner’s Friend
  7. Man on the Oth­er Side, The
  8. My On­ly Plea
  9. One Step Ahead
  10. Precious Cross, The
  11. Somebody Is Need­ing Je­sus
  12. Someone Is Pray­ing for You
  13. Spread Abroad the Sun­shine
  14. Where Christ Is March­ing On
  15. Will There Be Any­one Wait­ing for Me?
  16. Will You Go?

Music

  1. Cheer Up, O Be­liev­er
  2. Christ Is Best
  3. Come Speak a Word for Je­sus
  4. Durfee
  5. Doing Bu­si­ness for the King
  6. God Will Take Care of You
  7. Going Home
  8. He Is Com­ing By and By
  9. He Knocks To­day
  10. I Am Sing­ing the New Song To­day
  11. Is It for Me?
  12. Jesus Is Plead­ing
  13. Let Me Be a Friend to Man
  14. List to the Christ (ar­ran­ger)
  15. Now He Us­es Me
  16. O How You Need Him
  17. Old-Fa­shioned Way, The
  18. On the Up­grade
  19. One of God’s Days
  20. Palms of Vic­to­ry
  21. Peace Will I Give un­to You
  22. Saved
  23. Sitting at the Feet of Je­sus
  24. Somebody Cares
  25. Standing in the Fore­front
  26. Watching for the Dawn­ing
  27. Vinnytsia
  28. Would You Know Why?

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