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[Have you prayed all night, till the break of day]

Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley DeForest Ackley Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13553 51115 17654 Used With Text: Have You Prayed It Through?

Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Have you pray'd all night Refrain First Line: Did you pray 'till the answer came? Topics: Devotional Used With Tune: [Have you pray'd all night]

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Have You Prayed It Through?

Author: William Charles Poole Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2184 First Line: Have you prayed all night, till the break of day Refrain First Line: Did you pray till the answer came Lyrics: 1. Have you prayed all night, till the break of day, And the morning light drove the dark away? Did you linger there, till the morning dew, In prevailing prayer, did you pray it through? Refrain Did you pray till the answer came, Did you plead in the Savior’s name? Have you prayed all night till the morning light, Did you pray till the answer came? 2. Did you pray it through, till the answer came? There’s a promise true for your faith to claim, At the place of prayer, Jesus waits for you, Did you meet Him there, did you pray it through? [Refrain] 3. As the Master prayed in the garden lone, Let your prayer be made to the Father’s throne, If you seek His will, He will answer you, Are you trusting still, have you prayed it through? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Have you prayed all night, till the break of day]

Have You Prayed It Through?

Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Hymnal: New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #87 (1917) First Line: Have you prayed all night, till the break of day Refrain First Line: Did you pray till the answer came Languages: English Tune Title: [Have you prayed all night, till the break of day]

Have You Prayed It Through?

Author: Rev. W. C. Poole Hymnal: Songs of Faith #87 (1933) First Line: Have you prayed all night, till the break of day Refrain First Line: Did you pray till the answer came Languages: English Tune Title: [Have you prayed all night, till the break of day]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Bentley DeForest Ackley Composer of "[Have you prayed all night, till the break of day]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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)

William C. Poole

1875 - 1949 Person Name: William Charles Poole Author of "Have You Prayed It Through?" in The Cyber Hymnal William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)