No One Invited Him Home

We sing of the birth in a lorn little town

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [We sing of the birth in a lorn little town]
Published in 1 hymnal

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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:	We sing of the birth in a lorn little town
Title:	No One Invited Him Home
Author:	A. H. Ackley
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The kings from the east brought Him gifts rich and rare
Copyright:	© 1957 by The Rodeheaver Co.