Born: 1865, Kings­ton, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: March 19, 1935, Ny­ack, New York.

Stephens joined the Sal­va­tion Ar­my in New York’s 3 Corps in 1890. She helped ed­it The War Cry, and worked on the train­ing home staff and in the Can­di­dates De­part­ment. Around 1897, she be­gan serv­ing as song lead­er and pi­an­ist at the Gos­pel Ta­ber­na­cle with Al­bert Simp­son. Two years lat­er, she helped found the Eighth Av­e­nue Mis­sion, and in 1902 mar­ried Har­old Ste­phens (lat­er pas­tor of the Park­dale Al­li­ance Ta­ber­na­cle in To­ro­nto, Ca­na­da). For the next two and half de­cades she and her hus­band were tra­vel­ing evan­gel­ists in Amer­i­ca, Ca­na­da and Bri­tain. Her works in­clude:

• Miss­ionary Mess­ag­es in Song, cir­ca 1910

Sources

Hymns

1. Do You Ever Feel Down-Heart­ed or Dis­cour­aged?
2. Is There a Heart That Is Wait­ing?
3. What, Never Thirst Again?