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[Jesus loves us dearly]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Smile and Sing

Smile and Sing

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Jesus loves us dearly Used With Tune: [Jesus loves us dearly]

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Worship and Service #169 (1916) First Line: Jesus loves us dearly Refrain First Line: S-M-I-L-E is smile Lyrics: 1 Jesus loves us dearly, Gives us ev’rything, So for Jesus daily, We will smile and sing. Refrain: S-M-I-L-E is smile, S-I-N-G, sing, All the while We’ll sing and smile For our blessed King. 2 There are little children Who are always sad; Songs would make them cheerful Smiles would make them glad. [Refrain] 3 Some there are who never Sing our Saviour’s praise, But we mean to praise Him, All our earthly days. [Refrain] 4 He will keep us loyal, If with Him we live, And unnumbered blessings To His children give. [Refrain] Topics: Children's Songs Tune Title: [Jesus loves us dearly]

Smile and Sing

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #133 (1916) First Line: Jesus loves us dearly Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus loves us dearly]

Smile and Sing

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Life and Service Hymns #158 (1917) First Line: Jesus loves us dearly Topics: Children Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus loves us dearly]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Jesus loves us dearly]" in Worship and Service 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)

James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Smile and Sing" in Worship and Service Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)