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[At Calv’ry’s cross I met a Friend]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 34465 16772 34522 Used With Text: O How I Love Him

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: At Calv'ry's cross I met a Friend Lyrics: 1 At Calv'ry's cross I met a Friend, Who touched my broken heart, My guilty soul revived, made whole, Thro' grace set me apart. Chorus: O how I love Him, The Man of Galilee! O how I love Him, Who died on Calvary! There is no other Such a Friend or Brother; O how I love Him, Because He died for me! 2 When I am helpless and alone, 'Tis then I seek this Guide; So true and kind I always find Him waiting at my side. [Chorus] 3 And when Light of Heaven fills My sol with fairest day, I know that He is with me still, And will be all the way. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [At Calv'ry's cross I met a Friend]

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O How I Love Him

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: The Golden Sheaf No. 2 #145 (1916) First Line: At Calvary's cross I met a Friend Refrain First Line: O how I love Him, the Man of Galilee! Languages: English Tune Title: [At Calvary's cross I met a Friend]

O how I love him

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Herald of Praise #159 (1917) First Line: At Calvary's cross I met a Friend Refrain First Line: O how I love him, the Man of Galilee Languages: English Tune Title: [At Calvary's cross I met a Friend]

O How I Love Him

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: The New Make Christ King #165 (1914) First Line: At Calvary's cross I met a Friend Languages: English Tune Title: [At Calvary's cross I met a Friend]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Rev. A. H. Ackley Author of "O How I Love Him" in The New Praiseworthy 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 "[At Calv'ry's cross I met a Friend]" in The New Praiseworthy 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)