1833–1891

Introduction

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Born: Ja­nu­ary 24, 1833, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Died: June 20, 1891, Ports­mouth, Vir­gin­ia.

Buried: Ce­dar Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Ports­mouth, Virg­inia.

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Biography

Born Ro­bert Grif­fin, he lost both his par­ents in a car­riage ac­ci­dent when he was an in­fant. He was adopt­ed by his mo­ther’s sis­ter, Mary Ann King, and her hus­band, Sam­uel John­son Sta­ples and he was giv­en the name Ro­bert Grif­fin Sta­ples. He was the hus­band of An­nie Ma­ria Fow­ler.

During the Am­eri­can ci­vil war, he served in the Un­ion Ar­my of the Po­to­mac as a cap­tain, then ma­jor, in the Quar­ter­mas­ter De­part­ment. His ar­my ser­vice was re­mem­bered the rest of his life: More than one obi­tu­ary re­ferred to him as Ma­jor Sta­ples.

After the war, Sta­ples was chief clerk in the Na­vy Yard in Ports­mouth, Vir­gin­ia, un­til the se­cond term of pre­sident Ulys­ses S. Grant (1873), when he be­came post­mas­ter of Ports­mouth, a po­si­tion he held eight years.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Almost a Chris­tian
  2. Anywhere with Je­sus
  3. Awake, Awake at Ear­ly Dawn
  4. Beautiful Flow­ers
  5. Beautiful Land of Song, The
  6. Beautiful Realm of De­light
  7. Because the Mas­ter Calls
  8. Behold, He Stands Wait­ing
  9. Beyond the Griev­ing
  10. Bring in the Bright Gold­en Sheaves
  11. Child’s Morn­ing Pray­er, A
  12. Christian’s Hope
  13. Christian’s Work Song, The
  14. Closer to Je­sus
  15. Come and Wel­come
  16. Come to Him in Pray­er
  17. Come un­to Me
  18. Come with Us (Op­en­ing)
  19. Dark and Tur­bid Ri­ver, The
  20. Dark Was the Night
  21. Do I Need Thee, Sav­ior
  22. Do I Not Need Thee?
  23. Draw Me Clos­er to Thee
  24. Ever, Ev­er On
  25. Father, Be­hold Me Now
  26. Glad We Meet
  27. God’s Great Love
  28. Gospel Ech­oes
  29. Gospel Is Call­ing, The
  30. Happy Here Again We Meet
  31. Harvest Is Rea­dy, The
  32. Have Mer­cy
  33. Hear My Hum­ble Plea
  34. Hear, O Hear Me
  35. Home in Hea­ven, A
  36. I Love to Sing of Hea­ven
  37. I Love to Think of Je­sus
  38. I On­ly Wish to Know This Truth
  39. I Trust in Thee
  40. In Him Con­fid­ing
  41. Invocation, An
  42. Jesus Is Com­ing Again
  43. Jesus Is Here
  44. Look Away from Self
  45. Look, Sin­ner, Look!
  46. My Beau­ti­ful Home
  47. My Peace I Will Give un­to Thee
  48. Naught Can I Do
  49. New Pearls of Song
  50. Nothing, Lord, Have I to Bring
  51. O Sav­ior, Pre­cious Sav­ior
  52. Oh, Do Not Re­fuse
  53. Open the Win­dows of Hea­ven
  54. Our Days Are Swift­ly Glid­ing By
  55. Out in the World
  56. Passing This Way
  57. Portals of Light, The
  58. Rifted Rock, The
  59. Ring the Bells
  60. Room at the Throne of Grace
  61. Sabbath Chimes, The
  62. Sad the Si­lence at Part­ing
  63. Savior’s Call, The
  64. Savior’s Love, The
  65. Scatter Gold­en Grain
  66. Send the Gos­pel
  67. Silent Watch­es
  68. Some Sweet Day
  69. Soul’s Be­thes­da, The
  70. Speak for Je­sus
  71. Summer Land of Song
  72. Supplicant’s Pray­er, The
  73. There Is a Hope That Nev­er Dies
  74. Thy Fa­ther Loves Thee
  75. Time of Part­ing
  76. ’Tis Only Thro’ Je­sus I Live
  77. ’Tis Sweet to Rest My Faith on Thee
  78. To Him Who Dwells and Reigns on High
  79. To Thee, in Youth’s Bright Morn­ing
  80. Waters Are Trou­bled, The
  81. We Are Pass­ing Away
  82. We Haste to Sab­bath School
  83. We’ll Greet Them
  84. Whosoever Be­liev­eth
  85. Why Not Be Saved?
  86. With the Love of Je­sus
  87. Work for All
  88. Work for the Sav­ior’s Glo­ry

Music

  1. Be Not Afraid
  2. Beyond the Things that Per­ish
  3. Broward
  4. By and By
  5. Cast Thy Bread up­on the Wa­ters
  6. Cast Your Care on Je­sus
  7. Costa Sme­ral­da
  8. Day-Spring, The
  9. Egloshayle
  10. Give Us Je­sus
  11. He Is Our Friend
  12. He That Go­eth Forth with Weep­ing
  13. Hebei
  14. I Have Christ, What Want I More?
  15. Is Your Light Shin­ing
  16. Jesus Died for Me
  17. Missionary An­gel, The
  18. Now Thanks Be un­to God
  19. O Sin­ner, Haste to Je­sus
  20. Potomac
  21. Praise Him
  22. Remember Me
  23. Showers of Bless­ing
  24. Soldiers of the Cross
  25. Spread the News
  26. Shepherd
  27. Xining