Search Results

[Unto the hills around do I lift up]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 55321 17767 76765 Used With Text: Above Thee Watching

Appears in 108 hymnals First Line: Unto the hills around do I lift up Refrain First Line: Above thee watching, He Whom we adore Scripture: Psalm 121 Used With Tune: [Unto the hills around do I lift up]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Above Thee Watching

Hymnal: Bible Songs No. 4 #256 (1917) First Line: Unto the hills around do I lift up Refrain First Line: Above thee watching, He Whom we adore Scripture: Psalm 121 Languages: English Tune Title: [Unto the hills around do I lift up]

Above thee watching, He Whom we adore

Hymnal: The Bible Songs Hymnal #140 (1927) First Line: Unto the hills around do I lift up Languages: English Tune Title: [Unto the hills around do I lift up]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Unto the hills around do I lift up]" in Bible Songs No. 4 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)