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[Get right with God, through faith in Christ]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51115 66556 62175

Get Right With God!

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Get right with God, thru faith in Christ Used With Tune: [Get right with God, thru faith in Christ]

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Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Pinebrook Choruses #108 (1934) First Line: Get right with God, thro' faith in Christ Languages: English Tune Title: [Get right with God, thro' faith in Christ]

Get Right With God!

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Praise Ye the Lord #81 (1940) First Line: Get right with God, thru faith in Christ Languages: English Tune Title: [Get right with God, thru faith in Christ]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "Get Right With God!" in Pinebrook Choruses John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Get right with God, thro' faith in Christ]" in Pinebrook Choruses 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)