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[Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be]

Appears in 12 hymnals Matching Instances: 12 Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley DeForest Ackley Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55654 51233 22123 Used With Text: Coming Home

He ny hoby ao an-danitra (See! There is a joy in heaven)

Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: [See! There is a joy in heaven]

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 15 hymnals Matching Instances: 9 First Line: Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be Refrain First Line: Coming home, coming home Used With Tune: [Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be]

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Coming Home

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #10 (1918) First Line: Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be Refrain First Line: Coming home, coming home Tune Title: [Vile and sinful tho’ my heart may be]

Coming Home

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Victorious Life Hymns #13 (1919) First Line: Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be Refrain First Line: Coming home, coming home Topics: Evangelism; Invitation; Surrender Tune Title: [Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be]

Coming Home

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #33 (1917) First Line: Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be Refrain First Line: Coming home, coming home Languages: English Tune Title: [Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Alfred Henry Ackley Author of "Coming Home" in The Cyber Hymnal Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Bentley DeForest Ackley Composer of "[Vile and sinful tho' my heart may be]" 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)