1881–1959
Stephen Althea Berry

Introduction

Born: March 10, 1881, Ne­bras­ka.

Died: Au­gust 28, 1959, Coal­gate, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Buried: West­view Ce­me­te­ry, Ato­ka, Ok­la­ho­ma.

Biography

Stephen was the son of Francis Ma­ri­on Ber­rie and Su­san­na C. Upton. He mar­ried three times: to Fran­cis L. South (1903), Ida Bess Bright (1932), and Ola In­ez Thomp­son (1948).

His songs were pub­lished ap­prox­im­ate­ly 1912–51. He seems to have been in Mus­ko­gee, Ok­la­ho­ma, in at least the 1930s.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Along Life’s Way
  2. Beyond the Shores of Eter­ni­ty
  3. Celestial Home, The
  4. Day Is Com­ing Soon, The
  5. Glory Day Is Dawn­ing o’er the Hill­tops, The
  6. Go For­ward Ye Sol­diers, in Bat­tle Ar­ray
  7. God Gave His Own Son on the Cru­el Tree
  8. Gone Home to Glo­ry By and By
  9. Hark, the Sound of War up­on the Air
  10. Have You Heard the Won­drous Sto­ry?
  11. He’s a Friend of Mine
  12. His Love Shines in My Soul
  13. Homeward Way, The
  14. I Know of a Home Far Bet­ter Than This
  15. I Shall Wear a Crown Some Day
  16. I’ll An­chor in Hea­ven By and By
  17. I’ll Be There, Will You Be There?
  18. I’m Tra­vel­ing with Je­sus
  19. In His Foot­steps
  20. In That Ci­ty So Bright
  21. In the Great and Fi­nal Judg­ment
  22. In the Light of God’s Won­der­ful Love
  23. In Yon Bright Land Across Life’s Sea
  24. Just Be­yond Life’s Roll­ing Sea
  25. Lead Me, Sav­ior
  26. Marching to the Fir­ing Line
  27. My Sav­ior Walks up­on the Deep
  28. My Soul’s Re­deemed
  29. Not Made with Hands
  30. O Glo­ry, It Won’t Be Long
  31. O What Will It Be to See Je­sus
  32. Once I Had a Dar­ling Mo­ther
  33. Onward We Go
  34. Over in the Glo­ry Land
  35. Sailing o’er Life’s Ocean
  36. Some Bright­er Day
  37. Tell the Won­drous Mes­sage
  38. There’s a Ci­ty with Foun­da­tion
  39. There’s a Song That I am Sing­ing
  40. This Is My Song
  41. Till My Sav­ior Calls for Me
  42. When I Pass Through the Gates of Gold
  43. Where Je­sus Is, Is Hea­ven for Me
  44. Wonderful Sto­ry, Tell It Again
  45. Wondrous Ci­ty, The

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