Marion W. Easterling

Marion W. Easterling
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Short Name: Marion W. Easterling
Full Name: Easterling, Marion W.
Birth Year: 1910
Death Year: 1989

Born: March 12, 1910, Clanton, Alabama.
Died: December 10, 1989, Birmingham, Alabama.
Buried: Martin Memorial Cemetery, Clanton, Alabama.

Marion W. Easterling, composed over 300 southern gospel songs. He received his music education in various singing schools, being taught by Ocie Lee DeVaughan, Dad Speer and others. In 1938, he was the youngest composer to sign a five year contract with the Stamps-Baxter Publishing Company. He has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for his long career as the programmer for the WKLF Radio stations's gospel program "America's Favorites". The program began in December 1947 and continued for 39 years, during which time, he broadcast over 20,000 shows.

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Texts by Marion W. Easterling (65)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Behold a land of joy and blissMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Christ the Lord has been a precious friendMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Come on, ye reapers, to the harvest fieldM. W. E. (Author)English2
Earthly life is but a spanMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Far above the din I'll be listening in some happy morning bright and fairMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
For many years I've traveled hereMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Goodbye to pleasures of sin, fair heaven I want to winM. W. E. (Author)English2
Here I stand beside death's chilly waters waiting for my final callM. W. E. (Author (chorus))English5
Here I travel a rough thorny roadMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I climbed up the mountain and looked over the Jordan wideMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I dare not walk alone the pathMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
I find no joy in living here in this sinful landMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I have just a short while, on my pilgrimage hereMarion W. Easterling (Author (Chorus))English2
I may not own a mansionMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
I was lost in sin, the Savior took me inMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I will press along, sing a happy songMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
I will take my flight somedayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
If you will live for ChristMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
I'm getting ready to join the happy numberM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
In the Bible we read how they treated my LordMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
In this vale of trouble and sorrowMarion W. Easterling (Author)English5
It was in a little country churchMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I've a home of jeweled splendorMarion W. Easterling (Author (Chorus))English2
I've been listening in on the radioMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
I've been wadin' through the deepMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Jesus lifted my soul from the tempter's controlMarion W. Easterling (Author)4
Live the life, live the life, live the lifeM. W. E. (Author)English2
Many lives are lost every night and dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
My boat will sail over the river some dayMarion W. Easterling (Author (Chorus))English2
My heart is sad, my soul is wearyM. W. E. (Author)English8
My heart was made sad, such sorrow I hadMarion W. Easterling (Author)English5
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, O yes, Lord!Marion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Nobody knows the trouble I see, Nobody knows the trouble I seeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Often we read in God's holy wordM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English2
On the cross of Calvary, Jesus died to set me free (Easterling)Marion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Once from my Savior I wandered into darkest despairM. W. E. (Author)English2
Once I was sinking deep in sin, the Savior sweetlyMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
Seems that Christians are somewhat confusedMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Shining every day, all along the wayMarion W. Easterling (Author)15
Some day my soul shall take its flightMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Testify for Jesus, of His love so full and freeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
The angels came down and took mother awayM. W. E. (Author)English2
The flowers that flourish and blossomMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
The pleasures of this worldMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
The world is now waiting for some one to goM. W. E. (Author)English2
There is a city grand somewhere on a distant strandMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
There's a garden up in heavenMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
There's a picture that I often seeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
There's a valley dark and drearMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
This morning dear mother told children goodbyM. W. E. (Author)English2
Well, I'm saved and sanctified, And He's keeping me aliveMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
What a glad thought some wonderful morning, I shall hear Gabriel's trumpet soundM.W.E. (Author)English5
What a glad time waiting over yonder in that bright home beyond the skyM. W. E. (Author)English2
When battles are all over, victory wonMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
When I reach that happy homeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
When I saw that I was lost in darkness I began to prayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
When I was wandering in the pathways of sinM. W. E. (Author)English2
When my labor here is done and I see life's evening sunM. W. E. (Author)English3
When the way seems dark and longM. W. E. (Author)English22
When you see the shadows fallingMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
While traveling over life's rugged way, I want to do my best each dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
With a love sweet and fond, I am looking beyondMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Wonderful gladness is now filling my soulMarion W. Easterling (Author)2
Won't it be a happy morning over the seaMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
You may hear some people say they're saved by graceM. W. E. (Author)English2
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