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Author: A. H. Ackley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The day of Christ is dawning near Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, ye soldiers true Used With Tune: [The day of Christ is dawning near]

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[The day of Christ is dawning near]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34532 13456 72167 Used With Text: When Jesus Shall Appear

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When Jesus Shall Appear

Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #118 (1916) First Line: The day of Christ is dawning near Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, ye soldiers true Languages: English Tune Title: [The day of Christ is dawning near]

When Jesus Shall Appear

Author: Alfred Henry Ackley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9195 First Line: The day of Christ is drawing near Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, ye soldiers true Lyrics: 1 The day of Christ is drawing near, We have not watched in vain, For soon our sovereign shall descend In majesty to reign. A thousand years of righteousness Shall bless the sons of men; The sound of strife and tumult cease, When Jesus comes again. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice, ye soldiers true; His coming draweth near, His coming draweth near; God haste the long expected day, When Jesus shall appear, When Jesus shall appear, When Jesus shall appear. 2 The nations shall lay down their arms, Together dwell in peace, And those who mourn shall comfort find, And all oppressed release. The Word of God has been fulfilled, We wait the glorious reign Of Heaven here upon the earth, When Jesus comes again. [Refrain] 3 Turn ye and seek His cleansing grace, Your Savior He would be; His blood was shed for all mankind, He offers pardon free; Lo, from the sky He shall descend As when He went away; Let all a ceaseless vigil keep, Until that blessèd day. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The day of Christ is drawing near]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Author of "When Jesus Shall Appear" 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 Person Name: Bentley DeForest Ackley Composer of "[The day of Christ is drawing near]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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)