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Jesus Will!

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Appears in 40 hymnals First Line: Who will open mercy's door? Refrain First Line: Jesus will, Jesus will! Used With Tune: [Who will open mercy's door?]

[Who will open mercy's door]

Appears in 30 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34357 21167 25134 Used With Text: Jesus Will!

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Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7439 Refrain First Line: Jesus will, Jesus will! Lyrics: 1. Who will open mercy’s door? Jesus will! Jesus will! As for pardon, I implore? Jesus, blessèd Jesus will! Refrain Jesus will, Jesus will! Yes, your loving Savior will; He will each and every need fulfill, Jesus, blessèd Jesus will! 2. Who can take away my sin? Jesus will! Jesus will! Make me pure, without, within? Jesus, blessèd Jesus will! [Refrain] 3. Who can conquer doubts and fears? Jesus will! Jesus will! Share my joys and dry my tears? Jesus, blessèd Jesus will! [Refrain] 4. Who will be my dearest friend? Jesus will! Jesus will! Love and keep me to the end? Jesus, blessèd Jesus will! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Who will open mercy's door?]

Jesus Will!

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #5 (1916) First Line: Who will open mercy's door? Refrain First Line: Jesus will, Jesus will! Lyrics: 1. Who will open mercy’s door? Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Jesus will! (Jesus will!) As for pardon, I implore? Jesus, blessed Jesus will! Refrain Jesus will, Jesus will! Yes, your loving Savior will; (surely will) He will each and ev'ry need fulfill, Jesus, blessed Jesus will! 2. Who can take away my sin? Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Make me pure, without, within? Jesus, blessed Jesus will! [Refrain] 3. Who can conquer doubts and fears? Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Share my joys and dry my tears? Jesus, blessed Jesus will! [Refrain] 4. Who will be my dearest Friend? Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Jesus will! (Jesus will!) Love and keep me to the end? Jesus, blessed Jesus will! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Who will open mercy's door]

Jesus Will!

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Hymnal: Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs #3 (1927) First Line: Who will open mercy's door? Refrain First Line: Jesus will, Jesus will! Tune Title: [Who will open mercy's door?]

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Ina Duley Ogdon

1872 - 1964 Author of "Who Will Open Mercy's Door?" in The Cyber Hymnal Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who have sung her hymns, she shrinks from celebrity in the knowledge that her songs are God-given and that without Him she could do nothing." See: Beattie, David J. (1931). The Romance of Sacred Song. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd. The Presbyterian Survey November 1952. The Toledo Blade, 19 May 1964. --Ernest K. Emurian, DNAH Archives Photo from Joseph Gardner collection from website "Ina Duly Ogdon Home" by Melissa Archibald (http://www.freewebs.com/marchi/inaphotosarticles.htm)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Bentley DeForest Ackley Composer of "[Who will open mercy's door?]" 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)