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[Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley

Author: Fred P. Morris Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea Refrain First Line: Drifting away from the Saviour Topics: Evangelistic Warning; Man's Sinfulness and Need Used With Tune: [Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea]

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Drifting

Author: Fred P. Morris Hymnal: Songs of the Assembly #18 (1916) First Line: Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea Refrain First Line: Drifting away from the Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea]

Drifting

Author: Fred P. Morris Hymnal: Life Songs #37 (1916) First Line: Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea Refrain First Line: Drifting away from the Saviour Topics: Evangelistic Warning; Man's Sinfulness and Need Languages: English Tune Title: [Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Like a rudderless ship on a fathomless sea]" in Life Songs 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)