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Your Wonderful Love

Author: Francis Patrick O'Brien Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: From darkness to light Refrain First Line: We will walk through the darkness Used With Tune: [From darkness to light]

Why not you

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Many are turning from darkness to light

Flying to thee

Author: L. B. Cake Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O from darkness and doubt to the light

[From darkness to light]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Francis Patrick O'Brien, b. 1958 Tune Key: E Major Used With Text: Your Wonderful Love

[Many are turning from darkness to light]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Why Not You?

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Author: Ina Duley Ogden Hymnal: Calvary's Praises #165 (1917) First Line: Many are turning from darkness to light Refrain First Line: Why not you? Why not you? Lyrics: 1 Many are turning from darkness to light: Why not you? Why not you? Many are coming to Jesus tonight: Why not you? Refrain: Why not you? Why not you? What will you answer? What will you do? Many are trusting the Friend ever true: Why, O why not you? 2 Many believing, confess and obey: Why not you? Why not you? Turning from sin to the Savior today: Why not you? [Refrain] 3 Many in Jesus are hiding their past: Why not you? Why not you? Many are safe in His bosom at last: Why not you? [Refrain] 4 Many are going to live for the right: Why not you? Why not you? Many are starting for heaven tonight: Why not you? [Refrain] 5 Many are working to save precious souls: Why not you? Why not you? Many shall live as eternity rolls: Why not you? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Many are turning from darkness to light]

Your Wonderful Love

Author: Francis Patrick O'Brien, b. 1958 Hymnal: Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #649 (2004) First Line: From darkness to light Refrain First Line: We will walk through the darkness Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood Languages: English Tune Title: [From darkness to light]

Why Not You?

Author: Ina Duley Ogden Hymnal: Crowns of Rejoicing #66 (1913) First Line: Many are turning from darkness to light Refrain First Line: Why not you? Why not you? Languages: English Tune Title: [Many are turning from darkness to light]

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Ina Duley Ogdon

1872 - 1964 Person Name: Ina Duley Ogden Author of "Why Not You?" in Calvary's Praises Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who have sung her hymns, she shrinks from celebrity in the knowledge that her songs are God-given and that without Him she could do nothing." See: Beattie, David J. (1931). The Romance of Sacred Song. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, Ltd. The Presbyterian Survey November 1952. The Toledo Blade, 19 May 1964. --Ernest K. Emurian, DNAH Archives Photo from Joseph Gardner collection from website "Ina Duly Ogdon Home" by Melissa Archibald (http://www.freewebs.com/marchi/inaphotosarticles.htm)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Many are turning from darkness to light]" in Calvary's Praises 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)