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[Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Used With Text: Till I meet him face to face

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way Refrain First Line: All the day I'm singing Topics: Heaven Used With Tune: [Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way]

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Till I Meet Him Face to Face

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Songs of Conquest #72 (1912) First Line: Brighter than the sunlight glows Refrain First Line: All the day I'm singing Languages: English Tune Title: [Brighter than the sunlight glows]

Till I meet him face to face

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: The World Evangel #136 (1913) First Line: Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way Refrain First Line: All the day I'm singing Topics: Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Brighter than the sunlight glows on my way]" in The World Evangel 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)