Ackley, Alfred Henry
b: January 21, 1887; Spring Hill, Pennsylvania
d: July 3, 1960; Whittier, California
Education
- Studied cello and graduated in music at the Royal Academy of Music in London
- Studied theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Westminster, Maryland
Highlights & Accomplishments
- Served Presbyterian churches as a minister in Wilkes-Barre, Elmhurst (Pennsylvania), and Escondido (California)
- Wrote 1500 (give or take) gospel songs, hymns, children’s songs, secular songs, and glee club songs
- Collaborated with his brother — he wrote the text, while his brother Bentley, secretary and pianist of Billy Sunday, set it to music
- Edited for the Rodeheaver Publishing Company
- Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Music by John Brown University, Arkansas
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