Composer Bio Information
Ackley, Alfred Henry's bio information
Friday, January 21, 1887 - Sunday, July 3, 1960
Born: January 21, 1887, Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was brother to Bentley Ackley.
Died: July 3, 1960, Whittier, California.
Buried: Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, California.
Ackley received musical training from his father in New York City and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and became a great cello player. After graduating from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1914, and pastored in Wilkes-Barre and Elmhurst, Pennsylvania, and in Escondido, California. For a few years he worked with evangelist Billy Sunday, and also served as assistant pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He wrote some 1,500 religious and secular songs, and was associated with the Rodeheaver music company. John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree.
Hymns
As a Tree Beside the Water
Back to the Faith of My Childhood (© 1925)
Christ We Forget, The (© 1928)
Coming Home
God Has Not Forgotten (© 1928)
He Will Not Let Me Fall
He Lives (© 1933)
I Am Coming Home
I Can Find Him Everywhere (© 1929)
I Want Jesus (© 1933)
I Shall Dwell Forever There
In the Service of the King
Jesus Is the Joy of Living (© 1939)
Leaving All to Follow Jesus (© 1933)
Meet Him at the Cross (© 1936)
More Than You Know (© 1933)
Pardoning Grace
Repent! ’Tis the Voice of Jesus
Take Up Thy Cross
There Shall Be No Tears (© 1938)
There’s a New Day Dawning (1923)
There’s a Rainbow in the Sky (© 1930)
Somebody Knows
When I Have Finished My Pilgrimage Here
When the World Forgets (© 1925)
Wonderful (© 1938)
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/c/ackley_ah.html
Died: July 3, 1960, Whittier, California.
Buried: Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, California.
Ackley received musical training from his father in New York City and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and became a great cello player. After graduating from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1914, and pastored in Wilkes-Barre and Elmhurst, Pennsylvania, and in Escondido, California. For a few years he worked with evangelist Billy Sunday, and also served as assistant pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He wrote some 1,500 religious and secular songs, and was associated with the Rodeheaver music company. John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree.
Hymns
As a Tree Beside the Water
Back to the Faith of My Childhood (© 1925)
Christ We Forget, The (© 1928)
Coming Home
God Has Not Forgotten (© 1928)
He Will Not Let Me Fall
He Lives (© 1933)
I Am Coming Home
I Can Find Him Everywhere (© 1929)
I Want Jesus (© 1933)
I Shall Dwell Forever There
In the Service of the King
Jesus Is the Joy of Living (© 1939)
Leaving All to Follow Jesus (© 1933)
Meet Him at the Cross (© 1936)
More Than You Know (© 1933)
Pardoning Grace
Repent! ’Tis the Voice of Jesus
Take Up Thy Cross
There Shall Be No Tears (© 1938)
There’s a New Day Dawning (1923)
There’s a Rainbow in the Sky (© 1930)
Somebody Knows
When I Have Finished My Pilgrimage Here
When the World Forgets (© 1925)
Wonderful (© 1938)
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/c/ackley_ah.html
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - More Of Jesus (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 18, 2023)
- # 2 - Jesus Is All The World To Me (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 02, 2023)
- # 3 - The Nail-Scarred Hand (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 31, 2023)
- # 4 - I Shall See Him By And By (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 23, 2023)
- # 5 - Pass Me Not (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 22, 2023)
- # 6 - By And By (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 16, 2023)
- # 7 - The Great Physician (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 15, 2023)
- # 8 - Peace, Peace Is Mine (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 14, 2023)
- # 9 - Only A Little While 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 13, 2023)
- #10 - Bless Me Now (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 11, 2023)