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Our Evening Prayer

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Finish'd now the day's bright story Used With Tune: [Finish'd now the day's bright story]

[Finished now the day's bright story]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 33321 71555 66335 Used With Text: Our Evening Prayer

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Our Evening Prayer

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Premier Hymns #134 (1926) First Line: Finished now the day's bright story Languages: English Tune Title: [Finished now the day's bright story]

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #191 (1916) First Line: Finish'd now the day's bright story Languages: English Tune Title: [Finish'd now the day's bright story]

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "Our Evening Prayer" Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Finish'd now the day's bright story]" in Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church 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)