1858–1928

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 15, 1858, Coo­sa Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma (near Nixburg).

Died: May 16, 1928, Stig­ler, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Buried: White­field Ce­me­te­ry, White­field, Ok­la­ho­ma.

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Biography

Stephen was the son of Will­iam Smith Os­lin and Jane Eli­za­beth No­len, and hus­band of Mol­lie Pe­ne­lo­pe High­fill of Green­ridge, Ar­kan­sas (marr­ied 1888).

In the fall of 1868, he moved with his fa­ther to Walk­er Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma, where he grew up on the farm.

On July 15, 1880, he be­gan his ca­reer as a teach­er at Mt. Plea­sant Church in Scott Coun­ty, Ar­kan­sas. At one time, he stu­died at the Fort Smith Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic, Fort Smith, Ar­kan­sas, un­der Pro­fess­or W. D. C. Bo­te­furh.

After leav­ing the Con­ser­va­tory, he re­sumed his work as a teach­er in ear­nest, at in­ter­vals at­tend­ing the nor­mal schools of the day.

He moved to White­field, Ok­la­ho­ma, in the 1880s, where he taught mu­sic and or­gan­ized the first sing­ing school there. He al­so served as a min­is­ter in the Me­tho­dist Church South; found­ed the Eu­re­ka Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny in Stig­ler, Ok­la­ho­ma, in 1905; and was pre­si­dent of the Eu­re­ka Nor­mal School of Mu­sic.

He ed­it­ed the month­ly mu­sic­al jour­nal The Tem­po for three years, ed­it­ed and pub­lish­ed the Eu­re­ka Mes­sen­ger, and was west­ern field ed­it­or of The Mu­sic­al Mil­lion for sev­er­al years.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Awake, Thou That Sleep­est
  2. Bear Ye One An­oth­er’s Bur­dens
  3. Beyond the Chil­ly Winds
  4. Beyond the Dark Vale of a Sor­row­ing World
  5. Christ Is Knock­ing at the Door
  6. Christ, Our Lord, Has Come
  7. Christ’s Words of Truth
  8. Come, All My Dear Child­ren
  9. Come and Praise the Sav­ior Dear
  10. Come, Now to Je­sus, Do Not De­lay
  11. Come, Ye Thirs­ty Souls
  12. Earthly Cares May Vex My Spir­it
  13. Harvest Field Stands Rea­dy, The
  14. He Is Call­ing Thee, Sin­ner, List and See
  15. Heavenly Host For­ev­er, The
  16. Humbly Trust­ing in Je­sus
  17. I Am Com­ing to the Cross
  18. I Am Go­ing Home, There to Live
  19. I Am Walk­ing with My Sav­ior
  20. If Sore Af­flic­tions Be Our Lot
  21. I’m on My Way Re­joic­ing
  22. In the Bright and Shin­ing Way
  23. In the Cross I’m Ev­er Hid­ing
  24. In the Cross of Christ I Glo­ry
  25. In the Cross of Christ I’ll Glo­ry and E’er Keep
  26. In the Hea­ven­ly Land
  27. I’ve Heard a Sweet Voice in Ten­der­ness
  28. Launch Out the Life­boat
  29. Let Ev­ery Tongue Glad Car­ols
  30. Life Eter­nal, by the Sav­ior
  31. Life Is Swift­ly Pass­ing By
  32. Lord Will Send His An­gels Down, The
  33. Marching Along the Way
  34. O Little Feet, Be Walk­ing
  35. Press On­ward to Bat­tle
  36. Redeeming Blood of Je­sus Saved My Soul, The
  37. Redeeming Grace Has Saved My Soul
  38. Resplendent Beau­ty Beams for Aye
  39. Sacred Car­ols We Are Sing­ing
  40. Savior Calls for Vol­un­teers, The
  41. Savior Is Call­ing Now, Sin­ner, The
  42. Soon, Ah Soon, This Life of Toil Will Be O’er
  43. There Is a Bright and Fade­less Day
  44. There Is a Land, a Land of Beau­ty
  45. There Is a Land Be­yond the Sky
  46. There Is a Land of Beau­ty
  47. There Will Be a Great Re­joic­ing in the Day
  48. There’s a Con­flict on and My Lord Com­mands
  49. There’s Joy in My Soul
  50. Through Trou­bles and Tri­als and Ills
  51. To Fair Ca­naan’s Land I’m Bound
  52. Walking by My Sav­ior to the Pro­mised Land
  53. We Are March­ing to the Land of the Saints over There
  54. We Are Mov­ing with the Tide
  55. We Are Tra­vel­ing Home
  56. We’ll Meet in Hea­ven’s Pure Clime
  57. When It Seems That Fate’s Against You
  58. When the Sha­dows All Are Gone
  59. When Trou­bles Come and Fears Alarm
  60. While ’Tis Mer­cy’s Day
  61. Working in the Vine­yard
  62. Zion Is March­ing on to the Con­flict

Music

  1. Standing on the Rock