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Victory all the time

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Each day a failure used to be Refrain First Line: 'Tis victory all the time

[Each day a failure used to be]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Victory All the Time

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Gospel Gems Number 1 #1 (1914) First Line: Each day a failure used to be Refrain First Line: 'Tis victory all the time Lyrics: 1 Each day a failure used to be, The shadows always stayed with me; But now, since Jesus set me free, ‘Tis victory all the time. Refrain: ‘Tis victory all the time, ‘Tis victory all the time; Yes, bless His name, since Jesus came, ‘Tis victory all the time. 2 When evil tempted me I fell, In nothing did my soul excel; But now I’m saved, and all is well, ‘Tis victory all the time. [Refrain] 3 No more the mighty foe I fear, For my Defender lingers near; And since His cheering voice I hear, ‘Tis victory all the time. [Refrain] 4 I’m pressing on without a sigh, With Him, “to fairer works on high;” And since on Jesus I rely, ‘Tis victory all the time. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Each day a failure used to be]

Victory all the time

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Ackley's Gospel Songs #d11 (1913) First Line: Each day a failure used to be Refrain First Line: 'Tis victory all the time Languages: English

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Victory all the time" Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Each day a failure used to be]" in Gospel Gems Number 1 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)