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Author: Alfred H. Ackley Appears in 57 hymnals Hymnal Title: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings First Line: Failing in strength when opprest by my foes Refrain First Line: Somebody knows, Somebody knows Topics: Christ; Sympathy; Temptation Used With Tune: [Failing in strength when opprest by my foes]

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[Failing in strength when oppressed by my foes]

Appears in 41 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley DeForest Ackley Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 53517 65143 52346 Used With Text: Somebody Knows

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Somebody knows

Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: A Messenger for Jesus #d53 (1913) Hymnal Title: A Messenger for Jesus First Line: Failing in strength when opprest [oppressed] by my foes Languages: English

Somebody Knows

Author: Alfred H. Ackley Hymnal: Assembly Songs #75 (1910) Hymnal Title: Assembly Songs First Line: Failing in strength when opprest by my foes Languages: English Tune Title: [Failing in strength when opprest by my foes]

Somebody Knows

Author: Alfred H. Ackley Hymnal: Brotherhood Hymns #9 (1911) Hymnal Title: Brotherhood Hymns First Line: Failing in strength when oppressed by my foes Languages: English Tune Title: [Failing in strength when oppressed by my foes]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Alfred H. Ackley Hymnal Title: Assembly Songs Author of "Somebody Knows" in Assembly Songs 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)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Hymnal Title: The New Praiseworthy Composer of "[Failing in strength when opprest by my foes] " in The New Praiseworthy 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)