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Tell Somebody Today

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: If Jesus has pardoned all your sin, Tell somebody today

[If Jesus has pardoned all your sin]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 55653 45657 77671 Used With Text: Tell Somebody To-day

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Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Songs of Help #123 (1917) First Line: If Jesus has pardoned all your sin Lyrics: 1 If Jesus has pardoned all your sin, Tell somebody today; If in your own heart the light shines in, Tell somebody today. Refrain: Tell somebody today, Somebody upon life’s way; Your telling may win Another from sin; O tell somebody today! 2 If now you believe in Jesus’ name, Tell somebody today; His wonderful love with joy proclaim, Tell somebody today. [Refrain] 3 If Jesus has filled your life with song, Tell somebody today; ‘Twill brighten the hours the whole day long, Tell somebody today. [Refrain] Tune Title: [If Jesus has pardoned all your sin]

Tell Somebody To-day

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Life and Service Hymns #3 (1917) First Line: If Jesus has pardoned all your sin Refrain First Line: Tell somebody today Topics: Personal Work; Work Languages: English Tune Title: [If Jesus has pardoned all your sin]

Tell Somebody To-day

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Premier Hymns #44 (1926) First Line: If Jesus has pardoned all your sin Refrain First Line: Tell somebody today Languages: English Tune Title: [If Jesus has pardoned all your sin]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Person Name: Rev. Alfred Barratt Author of "Tell Somebody Today" in Songs of Help Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[If Jesus has pardoned all your sin]" in Songs of Help 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)