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[Praises everywhere sweetly sound]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Praises Everywhere

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Praises ev'rywhere sweetly sound Refrain First Line: Praises ev'rywhere we are singing Topics: Children's Songs Praise Songs; Praise Used With Tune: [Praises ev'rywhere sweetly sound]

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Praises Everywhere

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #156 (1913) First Line: Praises everywhere sweetly sound Refrain First Line: Praises, everywhere we are singing Lyrics: 1 Praises everywhere sweetly sound, Joy victorious here is found, Raise the melody, let it ring, Worship the Heav'nly King. Refrain: Praises, everywhere we are singing, Sweet notes ringing, gladness bringing, Songs from loving hearts ever springing, Praises to our Lord and King. 2 Praises everywhere, let use raise, Songs of gratitude, all our days, O'er the universe, banners fling, Standards of Christ the King. [Refrain] 3 Praises everywhere, He shall hear, Christ the conqueror we'll revere, Love Him, honor Him, gladly sing, Praise to the children's King. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Praises everywhere sweetly sound]

Praises Everywhere

Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson Hymnal: Life Songs #3 (1916) First Line: Praises ev'rywhere sweetly sound Refrain First Line: Praises ev'rywhere we are singing Topics: Children's Songs Praise Songs; Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Praises ev'rywhere sweetly sound]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Praises everywhere sweetly sound]" in Great Revival Hymns No. 2 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)

Edith Sanford Tillotson

1876 - 1968 Author of "Praises Everywhere" in Great Revival Hymns No. 2 Edith Sanford Tillotson was born and lived her entire life in Corona, New York. She wrote hymns for children as well as poems and librettos. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)