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Christ is Here

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The wilderness of sin I roamed Refrain First Line: And lo! the Christ was there Lyrics: 1 The wilderness of sin I roamed, A desert wretched, wild and bare, With broken heart and weary tread, My soul within me cold and dead, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 2 God gave to me a heavy cross, Too great a cross for me to bear, Till bowed beneath the pressing load, I stopped to rest upon life’s road, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 3 I walked within the open tomb, And gazed upon its black despair, To see if one there could be found To guide through that mysterious ground, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 4 Man’s timeless Friend, the changeless One, I searched and found Him everywhere; The same sad look upon His face The same undying, boundless grace, And lo! the Christ is here, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. Used With Tune: [The wilderness of sin I roamed]

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[The wilderness of sin I roamed]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Christ is Here

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Christ is Here

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services #49 (1922) First Line: The wilderness of sin I roamed Refrain First Line: And lo! the Christ was there Lyrics: 1 The wilderness of sin I roamed, A desert wretched, wild and bare, With broken heart and weary tread, My soul within me cold and dead, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 2 God gave to me a heavy cross, Too great a cross for me to bear, Till bowed beneath the pressing load, I stopped to rest upon life’s road, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 3 I walked within the open tomb, And gazed upon its black despair, To see if one there could be found To guide through that mysterious ground, And lo! the Christ was there, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. 4 Man’s timeless Friend, the changeless One, I searched and found Him everywhere; The same sad look upon His face The same undying, boundless grace, And lo! the Christ is here, To answer pray’r, To answer pray’r. Tune Title: [The wilderness of sin I roamed]

Christ is Here

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #49 (1925) First Line: The wilderness of sin I roamed Refrain First Line: And lo! the Christ was there Languages: English Tune Title: [The wilderness of sin I roamed]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Rev. A. H. Ackley Author of "Christ is Here" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services 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 Composer of "[The wilderness of sin I roamed]" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services 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)