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Because He Loved Me So

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: I often stop and wonder why Used With Tune: [I often stop and wonder why]

[I often stop and wonder why]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 51235 46535 17654 Used With Text: Because He Loved Me So

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Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #36 (1913) First Line: I often stop and wonder why Lyrics: 1 I often stop and wonder why The King of Realms beyond the sky Should choose to live for me, and die— It was because He loved me so. Refrain: Because He loved me so, Because He loved me so, He bled and died on Calvary Because He loved me so. 2 His grace alone can fathom sin, It makes the heart as white as snow; He plants the light of love within, And all because He loves me so. [Refrain] 3 His footsteps lead me all the way, He guards my path where’er I go, He turns earth’s darkest night to day, It is because He loves me so. [Refrain] 4 His voice alone shall bid me come To heights supreme I long to know, Where angels sing my welcome home, And all because He loves me so. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I often stop and wonder why]

Because He Loved Me So

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Choice Light and Life Songs #17 (1950) First Line: I often stop and wonder why Languages: English Tune Title: [I often stop and wonder why]

Because He Loved Me So

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Songs for Service #22 (1918) First Line: I often stop and wonder why Topics: Love Languages: English Tune Title: [I often stop and wonder why]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Rev. A. H. Ackley Author of "Because He Loved Me So" in Songs for Service Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[I often stop and wonder why]" in Songs for Service Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)