1815–1897

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 10, 1815, Med­ford, New Jer­sey.

Died: Ju­ly 16, 1897, Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey.

Buried: Me­tho­dist ce­me­te­ry on the Kings High­way, Had­don­field, New Jer­sey.

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Biography

Elwood was the son of Quak­er par­ents, Ca­leb and Ruth Stokes. He mar­ried twice, to Han­nah H. Neff (1838) and Sar­ah Ann Stout (1847).

He was he first pre­si­dent of the Ocean Grove Camp­meet­ing As­so­cia­tion.

Works

Poem

He Is Risen

He is risen! Christ the holy!
He the Christ who once was slain;
He the earth-born, lone and lowly,
Bursts the tomb and lives again.
Grace divine to men abounded,
Grave, sin, hell, are all confounded.

He is risen! Men despising,
Truths of God revealed in time;
Risen! to His foes surprising,
To His friends a joy sublime;
Risen? yes, alive forever,
Christ, of endless life the giver.

Risen! risen! every nation
Join the universal joy;
Let the song fill all creation,
Men and angels’ tongues employ,
Saddened hell and gladdened Heav’n,
Death is conquered, Christ is risen!

Risen! risen! joy forever,
Christ is victor, death in chains,
Grave shall gain dominion never,
Jesus lives, Messiah reigns!
Thrill the earth with the glad story,
We shall reign with Him in glory.

Elwood Haines Stokes
Blossoms, 1885

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Alas, Al­as a Way­ward Sheep
  2. All Are Mine, Thou Ho­ly Je­sus
  3. All the Pro­mis­es of Je­sus
  4. Beautiful Zi­on, Strong
  5. Blessed Joys of God Begin
  6. Come, Pow­er of God
  7. Fill Me Now
  8. From the Gloom of Un­be­lief
  9. Hail, Thou Ev­er Roll­ing Ocean
  10. I Be­lieve That Je­sus Suf­fered
  11. I Have Sinned, O God, My Sav­ior
  12. I Know There’s a Beau­ti­ful, Beau­ti­ful Land
  13. I Love My Sav­ior
  14. I Sat on the Bridge at the Edge of the Wild­wood
  15. I’m Saved, I’m Saved, O Bless­ed Lord
  16. It Was Said, and O, I Can Hard­ly Tell
  17. Jesus Is Good to Me
  18. Jesus Loves Me, Fond­ly Loves Me
  19. Master Is Call­ing for You, Dear Friend, The
  20. My Na­tive Land
  21. My Soul for Light and Love and Ear­nest Long­ings
  22. No Room
  23. O Bles­sed Je­sus, O Sav­ior Divine
  24. O Hear the Words of the High Com­mand
  25. One by One, Our Loved Ones Slow­ly Pass
  26. One Year Near­er
  27. Peter on the Trou­bled Sea
  28. Put on the White Robes of Glad­ness
  29. Saints of God Are March­ing On, The
  30. Salvation Is the Bat­tle Cry
  31. Sinless Land, A
  32. Spirit of Life, We Hum­bly Bow
  33. Swing of Con­quest, The
  34. There’s a Song in My Heart I Have Loved
  35. Thou Art Pure, O God, My Fa­ther
  36. Though There May Be Shades of Sad­ness
  37. Touch My Spi­rit with Thy Spi­rit
  38. We Have Toiled in Ma­ny Vine­yards