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[Servants of God, arise!]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 15535 15661 11171 Used With Text: The Call to Service

The Call to Service

Author: Alice Jean Mowat Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Servants of God, arise! Refrain First Line: There's need for ev'ryone Used With Tune: [Servants of God, arise!]

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Author: Alice Jean Mowat Hymnal: Worship and Praise #39 (1929) First Line: Servants of God, arise! Refrain First Line: There's need for ev'ryone Languages: English Tune Title: [Servants of God, arise!]

The Call to Service

Author: Alice Jean Mowat Hymnal: Vesper Chimes #243 (1930) First Line: Servants of God, arise! Refrain First Line: There's need for ev'ry one Languages: English Tune Title: [Servants of God, arise!]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Servants of God, arise!]" in Worship and Praise 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)