Do a Deed of Kindness

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Do a deed of kindness every morning

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [Do a deed of kindness every morning]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Do a deed of kindness ev’ry morning,
Hasten, nor delay, e’er it pass away,
Let some deed of love the hours adorning,
Glorify God on high, while it still is day.

Chorus:
Do a deed of kindness ev’ry day,
E’er the golden moments slip away,
You can never know what a little deed may do;
Do a deed of kindness ev’ry day.

2 Do a deed of kindness ev’ry noontide,
While the sun is high, shining in the sky,
Human hearts are longing to receive it,
Do not wait, e’er too late, time is passing by. [Chorus]

3 Do a deed of kindness ev’ry evening,
Shadows soon must fall, night will cover all,
None can labor when the day is ended,
Who will do service true, who will heed the call? [Chorus]

Source: Favorite Hymns #144

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Author: A. H. Ackley

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) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Do a deed of kindness every morning
Title:	Do a Deed of Kindness
Author:	A. H. Ackley
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Do a deed of kindness every day
Publication Date:	1929
Copyright:	Public Domain