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Cheer Up the Fellows You Know

Author: Edgar Page Stites Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Who has a better right to laugh and live

[Who has a better right to laugh and live]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Hymnal Title: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church Used With Text: Cheer Up the Fellows You Know

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Author: Edgar Page Hymnal: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #212 (1916) Hymnal Title: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church First Line: Who has a better right to laugh and live Languages: English Tune Title: [Who has a better right to laugh and live]

Cheer Up the Fellows You Know

Author: Edgar Page Hymnal: World Wide Revival Songs No. 2 #182 (1921) Hymnal Title: World Wide Revival Songs No. 2 First Line: Who has a better right to laugh and live Refrain First Line: Cheer up the fellows you know, you know Languages: English Tune Title: [Who has a better right to laugh and live]

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Edgar Page

1836 - 1921 Person Name: Edgar Page Stites Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Cheer Up the Fellows You Know" Real name Edgar Page Stites. Used Edgar Page ====================== Page, Edgar, is set forth in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878-81, as the author of (1) "I've reached the land of corn and wine" (Peace with God); (2) ”Simply trusting every day" (Trust in Jesus). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Page, Edgar, p. 1585, i. In his Sacred Songs, &c, Mr. Sankey attributes the hymns "I've reached the land of corn and wine," and "Simply trusting every day," to "Edgar Page," as stated on p. 1585, i.; but in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, he gives both to "E. P. Stites," together with some details concerning them, but without any reference to the change in his ascription of authorship. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Hymnal Title: Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church Composer of "[Who has a better right to laugh and live]" in Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church 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)