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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 (103)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
All over this land there are beautiful scenesMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
As you travel along through this world of sin and wrongM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
Behold a land of joy and bliss, a lovely land more fair than thisM. W. E. (Author)English2
Blessed Savior, hear me when I prayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Burdens to bear, and sorrows to shareM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
Christ the Lord has been a precious friendM. W. E. (Author)English1
Come on, ye reapers, to the harvest fieldM. W. E. (Author)English1
Earthly life is but a spanMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Far above the din I'll be listening in some happy morning bright and fairM. W. E. (Author)English1
For many years I've traveled hereMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Goodbye to pleasures of sin, fair heaven I want to winM. W. E. (Author)English1
Here I stand beside death's chilly waters waiting for my final callM. W. E. (Author (chorus))English8
Here I travel a rough thorny roadM. W. E. (Author)English1
I climbed up the mountain and looked over the Jordan wideM. W. E. (Author)English1
I dare not walk alone the path that leads to gloryMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
I find no joy in living here in this sinful landM. W. E. (Author)English1
I have changed my course, looking now toward the holy hillMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
I have just a short while, on my pilgrimage hereM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
I may not own a mansionM. W. E. (Author)English3
I remember back when I was just a childM. W. E. (Author)English1
I was lost in sin, the Savior took me inMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
I will press along, sing a happy songM. W. E. (Author)English1
I will take my flight somedayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English3
If you want sufficient graceMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
If you want to prove a blessingMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
If you will live for ChristMarion W. Easterling (Author)1
I'm getting ready to join the happy numberM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
I'm truly glad that I can sayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
In the Bible we read how they treated my LordMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
In this vale of trouble and sorrowM. W. E. (Author)English4
In this world of disappointments, Dangers thick on every handM. W. E. (Author)English1
It was in a little country churchM. W. E. (Author)English1
I've a home of jeweled splendorM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
I've been a wadin' through the deep waters tryin' to get homeM. W. E. (Author)English2
I've been listening in on the radioM. W. E. (Author)English2
I've found a new life so full and sweetM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
I've left the paths of sinMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Jesus is everything I needM.W.E. (Author)English1
Jesus lifted my soul from the tempter's controlMarion W. Easterling (Author)3
Live the life, live the life, live the lifeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Many lives are lost every night and dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
My boat will sail over the river some dayM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English1
My heart is sad, my soul is wearyMarion W. Easterling (Author)English10
My heart was made sad, such sorrow I hadMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
My loved ones over yonder in glory land are waiting for my coming upon the strandM. W. Easterling (Author)English3
No more groping in sadness, my heart was made anewMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
No more out in darkness roaming, night has turned to perfect dayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
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)English1
Often I am sad and blue, and don't know what to doMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Often we read in God's holy wordMarion W. Easterling (Author (Chorus))English2
O what a happy time 'twill beM. W. E. (Author)English1
On the cross of Calvary, Jesus died to set me free (Easterling)Marion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Once from my Savior I wandered into darkest despairM. W. E. (Author)English1
Once I was sinking deep in sin, the Savior sweetly took me inMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Once I was wandering in sin's darkened nightM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
Once my soul was astray from the heavenly wayMarion Easterling (Author)English1
Once my soul was lost in sin, I had no joy withinM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
Onward to glory singing a glad new songMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
People today seem to wander from homeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Sail on, O gospel ship, sail onMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Seems that Christians are somewhat confusedMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Shining every day, all along the wayM. W. E. (Author)English19
Some day my soul shall take its flightM. W. E. (Author)English1
Testify for Jesus, of His love so full and freeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
That will be a happy morning over the seaMarion W. Easterling (Author)English4
The angels came down and took mother awayM. W. E. (Author)English1
The flowers that flourish and blossomM. W. E. (Author)English2
The pleasures of this world I've left behindM. W. E. (Author)English1
The sweetest years I know were whenMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
The world is now waiting for some one to goM. W. E. (Author)English1
There is a city grand somewhere on a distant strandMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
There's a garden up in heavenMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
There's a picture that I often seeM. W. E. (Author (Chorus))English2
There's a spot to me most preciousM. W. E. (Author)English1
There's a valley dark and drearM. W. E. (Author)English1
There's races run most every dayM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
This morning dear mother told children goodbyeMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Though the cares of life betide me as the homeward way I goMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Walking close by my sideM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
Well, I'm saved and sanctified, And He's keeping me aliveMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
We're pressing onward each day along the beautiful wayM. W. E. (Author (chorus))1
We're traveling down a long laneMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
What a crowning day of joy and wonderful songM. W. E. (Author)English1
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)English1
When battles are all over, victory wonMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
When burdens grow heavy and the day is drearMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
When I reach that happy homeM. W. E. (Author)English1
When I saw that I was lost in darkness I began to prayMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
When I was wandering in the pathways of sinMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
When my labor here is done and I see life's evening sunMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
When the Lord shall call His dear children to that home beyond the skyM. W. Easterling (Author)English1
When the way seems dark and longM. W. E. (Author)English25
When we all get home to heaven some glory dayM. W. E. (Author)English1
When we've sung our last songMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
When you see the shadows fallingMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
Whenever the glory morn shall breakMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
While traveling over life's rugged way, I want to do my best each dayM. W. E. (Author)English1
While traveling through this world of careM. W. E. (Author)1
With a love sweet and fond, I am looking beyondMarion W. Easterling (Author)English2
Wonderful gladness is now filling my soulMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
You may hear some people say they're saved by graceMarion W. Easterling (Author)English1
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