1 Once the sun was never shining,
And the sky was always grey,
But my gloom has gone forever,
Since His love came in to stay.
Refrain:
Since His love came in,
Since His love came in;
Jesus set the joy-bells ringing,
And my heart with hope is singing,
Since His love came in,
Since His love came in,
To the blessed Lord I’m clinging,
Since His love came in.
2 I am happy in His presence,
‘Tis the sweetest place I know;
And His grace of boundless measure
Keeps me safe in weal or woe; [Refrain]
3 I will never, never leave Him,
He has promised mine to be,
And His love will do for others,
What His love has done for me. [Refrain]
Source: Songs of Faith and Triumph 1, 2 and 3 Combined: Tryout Edition #45
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.
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