Born: February 14, 1914, Bellview, New Mexico.
Died: December 30, 1993, Overland Park, Kansas.
Buried: Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Johnson County, Kansas.
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Stanphill was an Assemblies of God pastor, singer, and Gospel songwriter. A gifted musician, he was already playing piano, organ, ukulele and accordion by age 10. By the time he reached 17, he was composing and singing, participating in revival crusades, prayer meetings, and tent campaigns. He graduated from the Junior College in Chillicothe, Missouri, and was later awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Hyles-Anderson College in Indiana. As a singing evangelist, he preached all over America and in over 40 other countries. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1981, and published his autobiography, This Side of Heaven, in 1983.
Sources
Hymns
- Because (© 1972)
- Beyond Tomorrow (© 1951)
- Bind Our Hearts with One Great Purpose (© 1972)
- Choice Is Mine, The (© 1961)
- Christian Cowboy, A (© 1948)
- Color It Love (© 1970)
- Come and See (© 1968)
- Crown of Thorns, A (© 1952)
- David and Goliath (© 1969)
- Faithful Forever (© 1968)
- Follow Me (© 1953)
- Give Me a Love Like This (© 1975)
- Glory Road, The (© 1946)
- God Has His Way in It All (© 1946)
- Happiness Is the Lord (© 1968)
- He Came to Me (© 1959)
- He Knows What He’s Doin’ All The Time (©)
- He Listens (© 1962)
- He Washed My Eyes with Tears (© 1955)
- How Deep Was His Love (© 1962)
- I Am Longing to See Jesus (© 1946)
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow (© 1950)
- I Made a Place in My Heart (© 1952)
- I Walk with His Hand in Mine (© 1958)
- If I’ve Forgotten Today (© 1972)
- If You Need Him (© 1975)
- I’m A Goin’ to Glory (© 1961)
- Inside Those Pearly Gates (© 1954)
- It’s Real for It’s Written (© 1946)
- I’ve Riches Untold (© 1962)
- Jesus and Me (© 1946)
- Jesus Can (© 1968)
- Jesus Is His Name (© 1962)
- Just Trust in Him (© 1949)
- Knock at the Door (© 1968)
- Lovely Is His Name (© 1968)
- Mansion over the Hilltop (© 1949)
- Now I Know (© 1960)
- Preach the Whole Gospel (© 1966)
- Rocky Road (© 1977)
- Room at the Cross for You (© 1946)
- She Needs Your Prayers (© 1970)
- Someone Forgot (© 1975)
- Suppertime (© 1950)
- Take Down Your Harp (© 1946)
- There’s Only One Way (© 1960)
- Thirty Pieces of Silver (© 1949)
- ’Til He Comes
- Time and Time Again (© 1961)
- Treasures (© 1975)
- Trust Me (© 1972)
- Unto the King (© 1979)
- Unworthy (© 1959)
- We’ll Talk It Over (© 1949)
- Without a Song (© 1975)
- Ye Shall Receive Power (© 1977)
- Yes He Knows (© 1962)
- You Can Have a Song in Your Heart (© 1946)
- Your Decision (© 1968)