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[When God is near, with light my path is glowing]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. H. Ackley Incipit: 55576 53213 32124 Used With Text: When God Is Near

Author: A. H. A. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When God is near, with light my path is glowing Refrain First Line: When God is near, so near I hear Him speak to me Used With Tune: [When God is near, with light my path is glowing]

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When God Is Near

Author: A. H. A. Hymnal: Favorites Number 4 #5 (1956) First Line: When God is near, with light my path is glowing Refrain First Line: When God is near, so near I hear Him speak to me Languages: English Tune Title: [When God is near, with light my path is glowing]

When God Is Near

Author: A. H. A. Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 #82 (1946) First Line: When God is near, with light my path is glowing Refrain First Line: When God is near, so near I hear Him speak to me Languages: English Tune Title: [When God is near, with light my path is glowing]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Composer of "[When God is near, with light my path is glowing]" in Favorites Number 4 Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)