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[There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 51351 36352 34432 Used With Text: Where the Years Shall be Counted No More

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Where the Years Shall Be Counted no More

Author: W. C. Poole Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: There are mansions awaiting for you and for me Lyrics: 1 There are mansions awaiting for you and for me, When all of life’s journey is o’er, Where the shadows of parting will nevermore be, And time shall be counted no more. Refrain: Where the years shall be counted no more, Where the years shall be counted no more, We shall never grow old in that city of gold, Where the years shall be counted no more. 2 There the glory of Jesus drives darkness away, And gives us the springtime of youth. Where the Saviour forever makes endless our day, In heavenly gladness and truth. [Refrain] 3 There are blessings unmeasured beyond the bright blue That fill all the heavenly shore. There is glory eternal where live all the true, Where years shall be counted no more, [Refrain] Used With Tune: [There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]

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Where the Years Shall Be Counted no More

Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: Hymns of Pentecost #72 (1930) First Line: There are mansions awaiting for you and for me Languages: English Tune Title: [There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]
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Where the Years Shall Be Counted no More

Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #159 (1922) First Line: There are mansions awaiting for you and for me Lyrics: 1 There are mansions awaiting for you and for me, When all of life’s journey is o’er, Where the shadows of parting will nevermore be, And time shall be counted no more. Refrain: Where the years shall be counted no more, Where the years shall be counted no more, We shall never grow old in that city of gold, Where the years shall be counted no more. 2 There the glory of Jesus drives darkness away, And gives us the springtime of youth. Where the Saviour forever makes endless our day, In heavenly gladness and truth. [Refrain] 3 There are blessings unmeasured beyond the bright blue That fill all the heavenly shore. There is glory eternal where live all the true, Where years shall be counted no more, [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]
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Where the Years Shall be Counted No More

Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: Magnificat #132 (1923) First Line: There are mansions awaiting for you and for me Topics: Decision and Evangelistic Languages: English Tune Title: [There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[There are mansions awaiting for you and for me]" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined 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: W. C. Poole Author of "Where the Years Shall Be Counted no More" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined 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)
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