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[I shall be ready to welcome the Savior]
Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 54517 65365 35234 Used With Text: I Shall Be Ready
[I shall be ready to welcome the Savior]
I Shall Be Ready
Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: I shall be ready to welcome the Savior Refrain First Line: I shall be ready when Jesus comes Lyrics: 1 I shall be ready to welcome the Savior,
I may behold Him descend from on High,
Clothed in His garments of heavenly splendor,
O what a day when the King shall draw nigh.
Refrain:
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When He comes, when He comes,
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When Jesus comes back for His own.
2 I shall be ready, for Him I have trusted,
Using the talents committed to me;
Things I once loved, from my heart have departed,
Living in Jesus my soul is made free. [Refrain]
3 Shall His returning to you mean a blessing?
Or will you tremble and fall down with fear?
How will He find you, denying, confessing?
Seek Him, believing, while yet He is near. [Refrain]
4 Reigning with Him, He has promised to make me
Heir unto God and Join-Heir with His son;
All shall be well when He comes back to take me,
Ruler and Lord of the world He has won. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I shall be ready to welcome the Savior]
I Shall Be Ready
La Bienvenida Daremos a Cristo
Author: H. C. Ball Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: Listo estaré cuando él vendrá Used With Tune: [La bienvenida daremos a Cristo]
La Bienvenida Daremos a Cristo
I Shall Be Ready
Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #32 (1917) First Line: I shall be ready to welcome the Savior Refrain First Line: I shall be ready when Jesus comes Lyrics: 1 I shall be ready to welcome the Savior,
I may behold Him descend from on High,
Clothed in His garments of heavenly splendor,
O what a day when the King shall draw nigh.
Refrain:
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When He comes, when He comes,
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When Jesus comes back for His own.
2 I shall be ready, for Him I have trusted,
Using the talents committed to me;
Things I once loved, from my heart have departed,
Living in Jesus my soul is made free. [Refrain]
3 Shall His returning to you mean a blessing?
Or will you tremble and fall down with fear?
How will He find you, denying, confessing?
Seek Him, believing, while yet He is near. [Refrain]
4 Reigning with Him, He has promised to make me
Heir unto God and Join-Heir with His son;
All shall be well when He comes back to take me,
Ruler and Lord of the world He has won. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I shall be ready to welcome the Savior]
I Shall Be Ready
I Shall Be Ready
Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Golden Bells #47 (1923) First Line: I shall be ready to welcome the Savior Refrain First Line: I shall be ready when Jesus comes Languages: English Tune Title: [I shall be ready to welcome the Savior] (Ackley)
I Shall Be Ready
I Shall Be Ready.
Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Victory Songs #220 (1920) First Line: I shall be ready to welcome the Savior Refrain First Line: I shall be ready when Jesus comes Lyrics: 1 I shall be ready to welcome the Savior,
I may behold Him descend from on high,
Clothed in His garments of heavenly splendor;
O what a day when the King shall draw nigh!
Chorus:
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When He comes, when He comes,
I shall be ready when Jesus comes,
When Jesus comes back for His own.
2 I shall be ready, for Him I have trusted,
Using the talents committed to me;
Things I once loved from my heart have departed,
Living in Jesus my soul is made free. [Chorus]
3 Shall His returning to you mean a blessing?
Or will you tremble and fall down with fear?
How will He find you, denying, confessing?
Seek Him, believing, while yet He is near. [Chorus]
4 Reigning with Him, He has promised to make me
Heir unto God and Joint-Heir with His Son;
All shall be well when He comes back to take me,
Ruler and Lord of the world He has won. [Chorus] Topics: Invitation Songs; Second Coming Tune Title: [I shall be ready to welcome the Savior]
I Shall Be Ready.
A. H. Ackley
1887 - 1960 Person Name: Rev. A. H. Ackley Author of "I Shall Be Ready" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services 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)
A. H. Ackley
B. D. Ackley
1872 - 1958 Composer of "[I shall be ready to welcome the Savior] (Ackley)" in Golden Bells 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)
B. D. Ackley
