1904–1964

Introduction

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Born: March 17, 1904, De­Kalb Coun­ty, Ala­ba­ma.

Died: De­cem­ber 20, 1964, Dall­as, Tex­as.

Buried: Laur­el Land Me­mo­ri­al Park, Dal­las, Tex­as.

Biography

Vernie was the son of As­bu­ry Hayes Fos­sett and Ar­me­dia Gil­bert, and hus­band of Ka­ther­ine Lou­ette Stro­ther (mar­ried 1937).

He at­tend­ed his first Gos­pel mu­sic school at age 12. At age 16, he at­tend­ed Tho­mas Mos­ley’s Nor­mal School. By age 19, he be­gan sing­ing and play­ing in a quar­tet, and he was in the orig­in­al Stamps-Bax­ter Quar­tet.

By 1937, Fos­sett was teach­ing in High Point, North Ca­ro­lina. Three years lat­er, he joined the Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice of the Stamps-Bax­ter mu­sic pub­lish­ers, where he was mu­sic ed­it­or for ma­ny years.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Christ, the Lord Is Mine
  2. Cross the Bor­der Line
  3. Do Your Best Then to Wear a Smile
  4. Drifting Along
  5. I Am Sing­ing the Won­drous Sto­ry
  6. I Have Found a Sav­ior
  7. If You Wish to Have a Car­ol
  8. I’m Hap­py Ev­ery Hour of the Day
  9. I’m Sail­ing Along and Shun­ning
  10. Is Your Re­cord White?
  11. Just Tell the Sav­ior What It Is
  12. O a New Re­li­gion Is Dure, Some Say
  13. On the Rock of Ages Rest­ing
  14. Since Jesus Has Par­doned My Sin
  15. There Is a Home of Won­drous Love
  16. They Tell Me of a Man­sion Bright
  17. When the Wa­ters Deep Around You
  18. While I Live in This Un­friend­ly World

Music

  1. All the Way Home
  2. Alone in Pray­er
  3. Be Still and Know
  4. Beautiful, Won­der­ful Heav­en
  5. Bells
  6. Bless His Ho­ly Name
  7. Christ Came Seek­ing
  8. Come un­to Me
  9. Cross the Bor­der Line
  10. Crown Him King
  11. Crown Him Lord of All
  12. Do a Lit­tle More
  13. Do Your Best, Then Wear a Smile
  14. Don’t Put Off Sal­va­tion Too Long
  15. Drifting Along
  16. Drive Away the Clouds
  17. Extol His Ho­ly Name
  18. For You and Me
  19. Friend Who Will Stand by Me, The
  20. Get Right with God
  21. Give Me the Old Fa­shioned Way
  22. Gleams of Glo­ry
  23. God of Mer­cy
  24. Happy on the Glo­ry Road
  25. Happy on the Way
  26. Harbor Lights Shine
  27. He Made Me Free
  28. He Made the Blue Skies, New Skies
  29. He Spoke to Me
  30. He’ll Car­ry Me Safe­ly Thru
  31. Higher
  32. His Hand Reached Down
  33. His Love Means So Much to Me
  34. His Par­don Co­vers My Sin
  35. Home Waits for Me
  36. I Am Happy All the Way
  37. I Am Seeking a Ci­ty
  38. I Can Nev­er For­get Such Love
  39. I Have Found a Rest­ing Place
  40. I Know He Is Keep­ing My Soul
  41. I Long for That Ci­ty
  42. I Love to Raise My Voice in Song
  43. I Mean to Keep the Pro­mise
  44. I Walk with Him
  45. I Want to Live with the King Some Day
  46. I Want to Sing of His Love
  47. I Want to Talk with Je­sus
  48. I Would Be Ready to Go
  49. If I Could Make You Hap­py
  50. If I Sing and Smile
  51. I’ll Be Rea­dy
  52. I’ll Nev­er For­get His Love
  53. I’m Drink­ing at the Fount­ain
  54. I’m Go­ing to Glo­ry
  55. I’m Rea­dy Now to Do My Best
  56. I’m Sail­ing
  57. In the Cir­cle of God’s Love
  58. Jesus Is Hold­ing My Hand
  59. Jesus Is Pro­tect­ing Me
  60. Jesus Is the Friend You Need
  61. Jesus Is with Me
  62. Jesus Keeps a Song Ring­ing
  63. Jesus Needs You to Scat­ter Sun­shine
  64. Just What He Pro­mised
  65. Lead Me to the Rock
  66. Life’s Ga­li­lee
  67. Like Flowe­rs, You Must Die
  68. Living in Glo­ry
  69. Look to Je­sus and Pray
  70. Love Can Be Our Guide
  71. Make Some­body Glad
  72. My Friend Di­vine
  73. My House Is a Home Since Je­sus Came In
  74. My Lord Will Care for Me
  75. My Sav­ior Leads Me All the Way
  76. My Un­end­ing Song
  77. O’erflowing with Glad­ness
  78. Peace on Earth
  79. Praises to Him Be­long
  80. Press on, O Pilg­rim, There is Joy Ahead
  81. Ring Out Your Joy­ful Song
  82. Sailing on the Ocean of Love
  83. Service I Would Give
  84. Sing Glad Prais­es
  85. Sing on Glad Band
  86. Standing on the Out­side
  87. Sunlight of Love, The
  88. Telling His Love
  89. There Is Ho­ney in the Rock
  90. There Is Spring­time in My Soul
  91. Think What It Will Mean
  92. This Sec­ret I Will Tell You
  93. This World Is Not My Rest­ing Place
  94. Trail of Dreams, The
  95. Traveling Home
  96. Trust His Ev­er­last­ing Name
  97. Twilight Sha­dows Are Fall­ing
  98. Walking the Gos­pel Way
  99. We Have Enl­ist­ed in the Gos­pel Fight
  100. What a Song of Glo­ry Is Ring­ing
  101. What if the Storm Finds You Un­pre­pared?
  102. Will the Cir­cle Be Com­plete?
  103. Will You Meet Me, My Friend?
  104. Wonderful Friend, A