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[In sunshine and in shadow]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: He Never has Failed Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless Friend Refrain First Line: He never yet has failed me Used With Tune: [In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless Friend]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

He Never has Failed Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Gospel Gems Number 1 #17 (1914) First Line: In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless friend Refrain First Line: He never yet has failed me Lyrics: 1 In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless friend, Whose love is everlasting, whose mercies have no end; And since He died to save me, my ev’ry need He’ll fill, He never yet has failed me, I know He never will. Refrain: He never yet has failed me, O no! O no! All glory to my Saviour who loves me so; For ev’ry precious promise He surely will fulfill— He never yet has failed me, I know He never will. 2 O when the storm is raging, I’ll look to Him above, I’ll call upon my Saviour, and trust His saving love; He’ll keep me thro’ the tempest, or bid the waves “be still,” He never yet has failed me, I know He never will. [Refrain] 3 O don’t you know this Saviour to be your very own? Turn now in faith to Jesus, the Lamb upon the throne; Whene’er a contrite sinner has come to Zion’s hill, Christ never yet has failed him, I know He never will. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In sunshine and in shadow]

He Never Has Failed Me

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Rose of Sharon Hymns #489 (1917) First Line: In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless Friend Refrain First Line: He never yet has failed me Languages: English Tune Title: [In sunshine and in shadow, I have a changeless Friend]

People

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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Author of "He Never has Failed Me" in Gospel Gems Number 1 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 "[In sunshine and in shadow]" in Gospel Gems Number 1 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)