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Awake, O harp of glory

Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Look up, look up, O watchman! fast wane the hours of night Used With Tune: [Look up, look up, O watchman! fast wane the hours of night]

A glad tomorrow

Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Look up look up my brother Refrain First Line: Tomorrow, yes tomorrow, the weeping will be o'er

And though the storm is raging wild

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Look up look up desponding one

ALSTONE

Appears in 126 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. E. Willing Incipit: 55651 32123 45653 Used With Text: Look up to heaven the industrious

[Are you on a dizzy height?]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. A. Niel Incipit: 34556 53175 13455 Used With Text: Look Up!

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Hymnal: Children's Hymns with Tunes #26 (1885) First Line: Look up, look up, O watchman! fast wane the hours of night Languages: English Tune Title: [Look up, look up, O watchman! fast wane the hours of night]

A glad tomorrow

Author: Oatman Hymnal: Gospel Song Series No. 1 #d24 (1914) First Line: Look up look up my brother Refrain First Line: Tomorrow, yes tomorrow, the weeping will be o'er Languages: English

Awake O harp of glory

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Hymnal: Our Treasury of Song, for Use in the Emmanuel Baptist Church #d146 (1883) First Line: Look up look up O watchman

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People

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Anonymous

Author of "Teach Us To Pray" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[I will look for you up yonder]" in The Modern Hymnal 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)