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[Is the day's load heavy?]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 12334 33213 45565 Used With Text: Just abide

Just abide

Author: Jno. R. Clements Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Is the day's load heavy? Topics: Trust Used With Tune: [Is the day's load heavy?]

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Just Abide

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Favorites Number 4 #60 (1956) First Line: Is the day’s load heavy Languages: English Tune Title: [Is the day’s load heavy]

Just Abide

Author: Jno. R. Clements Hymnal: Rodeheaver Collection for Male Voices #89 (1916) First Line: Is the day's load heavy? Languages: English Tune Title: [Is the day's load heavy?]

Author: Jno. R. Clements Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 #116 (1946) First Line: Is the day's load heavy? Languages: English Tune Title: [Is the day's load heavy?]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "Just Abide" in Favorites Number 4 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 "[Is the day’s load heavy]" in Favorites Number 4 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)